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subfastigiately

subfastigiately adverb: in a subfastigiate manner.

Adverb

subfastigiately (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In a subfastigiate manner.
    • H. praténse, Koch. Diœcious (in European specimens pseudomonœcious, Bryol. Europ.); stems ascending, divided, subfastigiately branched; branches sparingly ramulose cauline leaves subcomplanate, decurved at the apex (those of the branches secund-falcate), ovate-lanceolate, minutely serrulate above...1856, William Starling Sullivant, The musci and hepaticæ of the United States east of the Mississippi River, page 674
    • Flowers in spirally-disposed 3-flowered clusters on the branches of a simply subfastigiately branched spadix, the female flower between and below two males.1877, J. G. Baker, Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles, page 383

Origin of subfastigiately

From subfastigiate + -ly.

Questions about subfastigiately

What does subfastigiately mean?
Subfastigiately means in a subfastigiate manner.
What part of speech is subfastigiately?
Subfastigiately is an adverb.

Words near subfastigiately in the dictionary

  1. subfandoms
  2. subfans
  3. subfascial
  4. subfasciculate
  5. subfastigiate
  6. subfastigiately
  7. subfault
  8. subfaults
  9. subfeature
  10. subfeatures
  11. subfebrile

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