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Alphabetic [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

ALPHABET'IC ,

Alphabetic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In the order of an alphabet, or in the order of the letters as customarily arranged.

Alphabetic [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Alphabetical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.

2. Literal.

Alphabetical index Encyclopedia Britannica

ALPHABETICAL INDEX.

The numerals refer to the sections. [table]

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 1, p. 119
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Alphabetically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In an alphabetical manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Alphabetically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.

Alphabetics [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.