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textual

/ˈtɛks.tju.əl/ UK
/ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/ UK
/ˈtɛks.tʃəl/ UK

Where it comes from

From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual.

adjective more textual · most textual · textuall

Of or pertaining to textuality. On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements. I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes.
Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.

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Closest in meaning: written, verbal, printed, text, editorial, verbatim, literal, actual, text-based, drafting, texts, literary, linguistic, lexical, scriptural, documentary

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adj of or pertaining to text

Español	textual
Português	textual
Français	textuel
Deutsch	textlich, textuell
Italiano	testuale
Ελληνικά	κειμενικός keimenikós
Română	textual
Русский	те́кстовый tékstovyj, текстово́й tekstovój, текстуа́льный tekstuálʹnyj

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@misc{textual_2026,
  title = {textual},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/textual},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}