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quadrantly

quadrantly adverb: squarely.

Adverb

quadrantly (not comparable)

  1. squarely
    • That is, we assemble two of its quadrantly folded great circles to form one hemisphere and four of the quadrantly folded great circles to form the other hemisphere.1982, R. Buckminster Fuller, Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking, page 465
    • Vegetatively it is the nearest to H. translucens with its oblong-lanceolate leaves, with the margins and keel beset with pellucid teeth, but it differs and is characterised by the greyish-black quadrantly positioned globose flowers; […]1985, Charles L. Scott, The Genus Haworthia (Liliaceae): A Taxonomic Revision, page 80

Origin of quadrantly

From quadrant + -ly.

Questions about quadrantly

What does quadrantly mean?
Quadrantly means squarely.
What part of speech is quadrantly?
Quadrantly is an adverb.

Words near quadrantly in the dictionary

  1. quadrantile
  2. quadrantinopia
  3. quadrantinopias
  4. quadrantinopsia
  5. quadrantlike
  6. quadrantly
  7. quadrants
  8. quadranucleotide
  9. quadranucleotides
  10. quadraparesis
  11. quadrapartite

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