heliacally
heliacally adverb: in a heliacal manner; with the rising or setting sun.
Adverb
heliacally (not comparable)
- In a heliacal manner; with the rising or setting sun.
- Ceylon has this one disadvantage for purposes of theatrical effect; she is like a star rising heliacally, and hidden in the blaze of the sun: any island, however magnificent, becomes lost in the blaze of India.1843 November, Thomas De Quincey, “Ceylon”, in Speculations Literary and Philosophic: With German Tales and Other Narrative Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XII), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 37
- However from the list of heliacally rising stars in ᵐᵘˡAPIN it is quite clear that AL.LUL must include Prokyon.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 219
Origin of heliacally
From heliacal + -ly.
Questions about heliacally
- What does heliacally mean?
- Heliacally means in a heliacal manner; with the rising or setting sun.
- What part of speech is heliacally?
- Heliacally is an adverb.
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