Definition of "hieroglyphical" [hieroglyphical]

• Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs (adjective)

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• "It contains upwards of two hundred historical manuscripts, some in hieroglyphical characters anterior to the conquest, and many in the different ancient languages of the country."
• "The nature of the characters shows conclusively that the Chinese system of writing, like that of all others with which we are acquainted, was at first purely hieroglyphical, that is, the characters were originally simply rude outline pictures of material objects."
• "In the first place, it is apparent that the style of writing has been invented which is called hieroglyphical, and which has the appearance of"