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Definition of lexical adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

lexical

adjective

NAmE//ˈlɛksɪkl//

[usually before noun] (linguistics)

connected with the words of a language lexical items (= words and phrases)

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lexically

NAmE//ˈlɛksɪkli//

adverbSee lexical in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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