textual

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: tex=tu=al

CIDE DICTIONARY

textual, a. [OE. textuel, F. textuel.].

•  Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  Serving for, or depending on, texts.  Bp. Hall.  [1913 Webster]
•  Familiar with texts or authorities so as to cite them accurately.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

textual, adj. of, in, or concerning a text (textual errors).

Idiom

textual criticism the process of attempting to ascertain the correct reading of a text.

Derivative

textually adv.

Etymology

ME f. med.L textualis (as TEXT)

THESAURUS

textual

Biblical, Christian, Gospel, Mosaic, New-Testament, Old-Testament, accepted, apocalyptic, apostolic, approved, authentic, authoritative, canonical, conventional, correct, customary, evangelic, evangelical, evangelistic, faithful, firm, gospel, inspired, literal, of the faith, orthodox, orthodoxical, proper, prophetic, received, revealed, revelational, right, scriptural, sound, standard, textuary, theopneustic, traditional, traditionalistic, true, true-blue