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basilary

basilary is the alternative form of basilar.

Meaning of basilar

Adjective

basilar (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.
  2. Lower, inferior, base.
    • […] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.1883, Henry Ward Beecher, “What is the Bible?”, in Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church Brooklyn, volume 6, number 17, page 343

Forms of basilary

comparativemore basilary
superlativemost basilary

Origin of basilary

From basilar, modified to contain the alternative suffix -ary.

Questions about basilary

What is basilary the alternative form of?
Basilary is the alternative form of basilar.

Words near basilary in the dictionary

  1. basilar
  2. basilar arteries
  3. basilar artery
  4. basilard
  5. basilards
  6. basilary
  7. basilateral
  8. Basildon
  9. basilean
  10. basileans
  11. basilect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basilary (page history and authors); basilar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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