alphabetic, alphabet ick, alphabetical

[In Fr. alphabétique; Sp. & Ital. alfabetico; Port. alphabetico.] Pertaining to the alphabet, arranged in the same order as the letters of the alphabet. "I have digested in an alphabetical order all the counties, corporations, and boroughs in Great Britain, with their respective tempers."- Swift . ăl-pha-bět-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. alphabet i cal; ly . In an alphabetical manner, in the order in which the letters of the alphabet stand. "I had once in my thoughts to contrive a grammar, more than I can now comprise in short hints; and a dictionary, alphabetically containing the words of the language which the deaf person is to learn."-Holder: Elements of Speech.