Meaning & use
semantically
In a way that relates to the meaning of words, phrases, or sentences.
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The two sentences are semantically similar even though their grammar differs.
Semantically, the word begin and the word commence mean almost the same thing.
A note on using this word
Semantically is often contrasted with syntactically, which concerns sentence structure rather than meaning.
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