- in a way that relates to dictionaries, or to the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries:Lexicographically comparable to the OED, this Chinese dictionary traces usage over three millennia from Chinese classic texts to modern slang.
- sorted in a way that uses an algorithm based on the alphabetical order used in dictionaries:The addresses will be lexicographically rather than numerically ordered.Dates formatted to ISO standards sort both lexicographically and chronologically.
