textual

[ teks-choo-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a text:

   textual errors.

2. based on or conforming to the text, as of the Scriptures:

   a textual interpretation of the Bible.

textual

/ ˈtɛkstjʊəl /

adjective

1. of or relating to a text or texts
2. based on or conforming to a text

Derived Forms

• ˈtextually, adverb

Other Word Forms

• textu·al·ly adverb
• inter·textu·al adjective
• inter·textu·al·ly adverb
• non·textu·al adjective
• non·textu·al·ly adverb
• un·textu·al adjective
• un·textu·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of textual¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin textu ( s ) ( text ) + -al ¹; replacing Middle English textuel < Middle French < Medieval Latin, as above

Example Sentences

They might be more engaged there through the video, the audio-visual element, compared with maybe just a textual element or a picture sort of format in something like Instagram.

From Salon

Next, the research team will look at an English corpus, or textual material from the 20th century, which contains 100 million words.

From Science Daily

“I felt his music was complex, beautiful, harmonically and textually varied,” says Coppola, “and interesting.”

From Los Angeles Times

That's the result of beliefs in things like biblical inerrancy, this idea that the Bible had no textual errors.

From Salon

Even a textual reproduction of the Jehovah’s Witness story demonstrates why it was a permanent part of his historical canon.

From Salon