structurally

UK: /ˈstrʌktʃərəli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

struc•tur•al /ˈstrʌktʃərəl/  adj. [usually: before a noun]

1. of or relating to structure:
   The engineers examined the building for structural weakness.

See -stru-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

struc•tur•al  (struk′chər əl), adj. 

1. of or pertaining to structure;
   pertaining or essential to a structure.
2. Biology pertaining to organic structure;
   morphological.
3. Geology of or pertaining to geological structure, as of rock or strata.
4. Chemistry pertaining to or showing the arrangement or mode of attachment of the atoms that constitute a molecule of a substance. Cf. structural formula. 
5. Sociology resulting from or pertaining to political or economic structure.
6. of, pertaining to, or based on the assumption that the elements of a field of study are naturally arranged in a systematic structure:
   structural grammar.

n. 

7. Building
   • a part of a structure that carries a load.
   • the structural member used for such a part.

• structure + -al¹ 1825–35

struc′tur•al•ly, adv.