HIERARCHAL

hierarchical, hierarchal, hierarchic

(adjective) classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers; “it has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art”; “in her hierarchical set of values honesty comes first”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hierarchal (not comparable)

Relating to a hierarch.

Synonyms

• hierarchic

Source: Wiktionary


Hi"er*arch`al, Hi`er*arch"ic, a.

Definition: Pertaining to a hierarch. "The great hierarchal standard." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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