1. in a manner relating to or based on the sound system and patterns of a language
Usage: linguistics term; commonly used in academic and educational contexts

Examples

• The two words are phonologically similar even though they have different meanings.
• Linguists analyze how sounds are phonologically organized in different languages.
• Children learn to recognize phonologically distinct units before they learn to read.
• The dialect differs phonologically from standard English in several key ways.
• These consonant clusters are phonologically impossible in English.