textual /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/ adjective4 •Of or pertaining to text. •Of or pertaining to textuality. •Of or pertaining to text as opposed to other document elements.I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes. •Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting. formsmore textual · most textual