English Etymology Etymology treeEnglish textualProto-Indo-European *leyg-der.Proto-Germanic *līkąder.Proto-Germanic *-līkazProto-Germanic *-êProto-Germanic *-līkêProto-West Germanic *-līkēOld English -līċeMiddle English -lyEnglish -lyEnglish textuallyFrom textual + -ly. Adverb textually (comparative more textually, superlative most textually) In a textual manner. Regarding text. Related terms textual Translations Translations Bulgarian: дословно (bg) (doslovno) German: textlich (de) Turkish: düzyazı gibi, metinsel, tokuş (tr)