positional

adjective

po·​si·​tion·​al pə-ˈzi-sh(ə-)nəl 

1

: of, relating to, or fixed by position

positional astronomy

2

: involving little movement

positional warfare

3

: dependent on position or environment or context

the front-articulated \k\ in \kē\ key and the back-articulated \k\ in \kül\ cool are positional variants

positionally adverb

Examples of positional in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His positional intelligence rarely shows up on the statistical dashboards, but gives Liverpool a quiet sense of order in the centre of the pitch. —Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025

Moissl said so far the ESA Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the NASA Psyche mission have successfully performed positional measurements of the comet. —Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

The club prefers a corner outfield slugger but feels comfortable adding someone with positional versatility. —Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2025

But the main focus is strong positional stuff, being responsible, moving my feet and playing hard. —Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1560, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing positional

• benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
• benign positional vertigo
• positional notation

Rhymes for positional

• additional
• conditional
• nutritional
• traditional
• transitional
• volitional
• compositional
• definitional
• depositional
• dispositional
• intuitional
• nontraditional