1. in a manner relating to or involving derivation; with respect to how a word or concept is derived or formed from another
Usage: primarily used in linguistics and grammar contexts

Examples

• The word 'happiness' is derivationally related to 'happy'.
• Derivationally, many English words come from Latin and Greek roots.
• The two terms are derivationally distinct, even though they sound similar.
• Linguists analyze words derivationally to understand their morphological structure.
• The suffix '-tion' is derivationally productive in English, creating many new nouns from verbs.