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speculary

speculary is the alternative form of specular.

Meaning of specular

Adjective

specular (comparative more specular, superlative most specular)

  1. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
    • a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 14
  2. Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.
    • a specular examination
  3. Assisting sight, like a lens etc.
    • Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees.1708, John Philips, Cyder
  4. (poetic) Offering an expansive view; picturesque.
    • Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.1833, William Wordsworth, Hope Smiled

Forms of speculary

comparativemore speculary
superlativemost speculary

Questions about speculary

What is speculary the alternative form of?
Speculary is the alternative form of specular.

Words near speculary in the dictionary

  1. specularize
  2. specularized
  3. specularizes
  4. specularizing
  5. specularly
  6. speculary
  7. speculate
  8. speculated
  9. speculates
  10. speculatest
  11. speculateth

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