dictionarily

adv

Etymology: From dictionary + -ly.

1. In terms of, or by means of, a dictionary or dictionaries collectively.

   “We, therefore, need not seek for a starting point for this paper, for, dictionarily, progress and extension are synonyms.”

   “Is it the case that someone identifies himself as an X every time he says that he is an X or acknowledges that he is an X? That might be literally or 'dictionarily' so.”