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spirally

spirally adverb: in a spiral fashion.

Adverb

spirally (not comparable)

  1. In a spiral fashion.
    • The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other.1862, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening - Volume 3, page 163
    • a spirally grooved surface

Origin of spirally

From spiral + -ly.

Questions about spirally

What does spirally mean?
Spirally means in a spiral fashion.
What part of speech is spirally?
Spirally is an adverb.

Words near spirally in the dictionary

  1. spirallike
  2. spirallikeness
  3. spiralling
  4. spiralling out
  5. spirallings
  6. spirally
  7. spirals
  8. spirals of Archimedes
  9. spirals out
  10. spiralwise
  11. spiramide

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