Words similar to semantically

Example sentences for: semantically

How can you use “semantically” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

It is not surprising, semantically speaking, that the word widened its meaning so quickly since it naturally lent itself (as did closet ) to the description of a solitary place, one where people performed lavatorial functions.
Most of the time, two (or more) words that appear to be “pure” synonyms semantically tend to diverge in application or distribution (e.g.
The most naive speaker of English realizes, without going into the details of their syntactosemantic relationships, that chain-armour and chainmail do not bear the same relationship to chain as chain-gang, chain-letter , and chain-stitch , that the chain in chain reaction is different from that in chain store (not `a store where one buys chains') and in chain-smoker (not `a person who smokes chains'), and that while chain drive and chain-saw are related because both are driven by chains, the use of chain in chain-link and chain-mail is semantically misleading, for the chief characteristic of a chain is its “one-dimensionality” while chain-link and chain-mail are, of course, two-dimensional--creating what might be considered a bent metaphor.
Since feminine is semantically related to words like sweet, perfumed, light , and delicate , which can be related to the smell, taste, and “feel” of wines in the mouth, we can understand how a wine might be described as feminine .
Phrases, being more semantically complex than single words, are usually harder to translate.