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pentagonally

pentagonally adverb: in the form of a pentagon; with five angles.

Adverb

pentagonally (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a pentagon; with five angles.
    • [T]he flovvers before explication are pentagonally vvrapped up, vvith ſome reſemblance of the blatta or moth from vvhence it hath its name: […]1658, Thomas Browne, “The Garden of Cyrus. […]. Chapter III.”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 139

Origin of pentagonally

From pentagonal + -ly.

Questions about pentagonally

What does pentagonally mean?
Pentagonally means in the form of a pentagon; with five angles.
What part of speech is pentagonally?
Pentagonally is an adverb.

Words near pentagonally in the dictionary

  1. pentagonal
  2. pentagonal hexecontahedron
  3. pentagonal icositetrahedron
  4. pentagonal prism
  5. pentagonal prisms
  6. pentagonally
  7. pentagonals
  8. Pentagonese
  9. pentagonism
  10. pentagonist
  11. pentagonite

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