Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Alphabetic \Al`pha*bet"ic\, Alphabetical \Al`pha*bet"ic*al\, a.
[Cf. F. alphab['e]tique.]
1. Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the
order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic
characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
2. Literal. [Obs.] ``Alphabetical servility.'' --Milton.
Source : WordNet®
alphabetical
adj 1: relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an
alphabet; "alphabetical writing system" [syn: {alphabetic}]
[ant: {analphabetic}]
2: arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic
arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical
order" [syn: {alphabetic}] [ant: {analphabetic}]