distally
distally adverb: towards a distal part.
Adverb
distally (comparative more distally, superlative most distally)
- Towards a distal part.
- The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4
Examples of distally in a sentence
- Such statistical analysis can establish correlation but cannot tell us whether the correlation is proximally causative, distally causative, or noncausative.
- Dorsal spine curved slightly proximally and distally straight and slightly twisted anticlockwisely.
- The organs are simple and spinous, the spines small distally on the organ, larger proximally.
Forms of distally
| comparative | more distally |
|---|---|
| superlative | most distally |
Origin of distally
From distal + -ly.
Words formed from distally
Words that rhyme with distally
- anterodistally
- apicodistally
- buccodistally
- caudodistally
- crystally
- dorsodistally
- laterodistally
- linguodistally
- mediodistally
- mesiodistally
- posterodistally
- proximodistally
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Questions about distally
- What does distally mean?
- Distally means towards a distal part.
- What part of speech is distally?
- Distally is an adverb.
Words near distally in the dictionary
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