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cruciately

cruciately adverb: in a cruciate manner.

Adverb

cruciately (not comparable)

  1. In a cruciate manner.
    • Class 3 Ulvophyceae: flagella attached at anterior end of cell; motile cells have near-radial symmetry externally; flagella roots consist of four cruciately arranged microtubular roots and sometimes a rhizoplast […]2008, Robert Edward Lee, Phycology, page 145

Origin of cruciately

From cruciate + -ly.

Questions about cruciately

What does cruciately mean?
Cruciately means in a cruciate manner.
What part of speech is cruciately?
Cruciately is an adverb.

Words near cruciately in the dictionary

  1. cruciate ligament
  2. cruciate ligaments
  3. cruciate sulci
  4. cruciate sulcus
  5. cruciated
  6. cruciately
  7. cruciates
  8. cruciating
  9. cruciation
  10. cruciations
  11. crucible

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