compositionally

adv

1. (not-comparable)With regard to composition.

   “The two minerals are compositionally distinct.”

   “The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze.”

   “Compositionally there is no great distinction between cell wall and cell surface, both are relatively transparent compounds, but both parts of the cell are of high significance in Biology due to their central role in cell functioning.”

2. (not-comparable)By means of composition.

   “In particular, its meaning will normally also be retrieved from storage rather than computed compositionally, from the constituents.”