— thematically , adv.
/thee mat"ik/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to a theme.
2. Gram.
a. (of a word or words) of, pertaining to, or producing a theme or themes.
b. (of a vowel) pertaining to the theme or stem: the thematic vowel ends the stem and precedes the inflectional ending of a word form, as i in Latin audio "I hear."
[ 1690-1700; thematikós, equiv. to themat- (s. of théma ) THEME + -ikos -IC ]