classificatorily

adverb

clas·​si·​fi·​ca·​to·​ri·​ly

¦klasəfə̇kə¦tōrəlē,

kla¦sif-,

especially British ˈklasifiˌkātərəli

: in a manner that accords with the terminology of a classificatory system

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