Ordinally (adverb)
aw-din-al-ee
With regard to, or at the level of, orders in a taxonomic system; according to an ordinal number, system, etc.; on an ordinal scale; with regard to order.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Edinburgh Review. From ordinal + -ly.
Example sentences
“He sorts the literature ordinally so it should be easy to find what you need.”
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