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rectilineally

rectilineally adverb: synonym of rectilinearly, in a rectilineal fashion.

Adverb

rectilineally (comparative more rectilineally, superlative most rectilineally)

  1. Synonym of rectilinearly, in a rectilineal fashion.
    Synonyms:
    rectilinearly, in a rectilineal fashion

Synonyms of rectilineally

Forms of rectilineally

comparativemore rectilineally
superlativemost rectilineally

Origin of rectilineally

From rectilineal + -ly.

Questions about rectilineally

What does rectilineally mean?
Rectilineally means synonym of rectilinearly, in a rectilineal fashion.
What part of speech is rectilineally?
Rectilineally is an adverb.

Words near rectilineally in the dictionary

  1. rectigradations
  2. rectigrade
  3. Rectigraph
  4. Rectigraphs
  5. rectilineal
  6. rectilineally
  7. rectilinear
  8. rectilinear orbit
  9. rectilinear orbits
  10. rectilinearism
  11. rectilinearity

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