|frāzēə|läjə̇kəl, -jēk- adjective
1.
a. : expressed in formal often sententious phrases
her father professed an elaborate phraseological love for her — William Black
b. : marked by the frequently insincere use of such phrases
would be only a phraseological liberal and a practicing conservative — Roscoe Drummond
2. : of or relating to phraseology
phraseological annotations — C.J.Ellicott
especially : of or relating to the phraseology characteristic of a language, a writer, or a work
a phraseological peculiarity of these tracts — H.G.Graham
• phra·se·o·log·i·cal·ly -jə̇k(ə)lē, -jēk-, -li adverb