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subgranularly

subgranularly adverb: in a somewhat or finely granular manner.

Adverb

subgranularly (comparative more subgranularly, superlative most subgranularly)

  1. In a somewhat or finely granular manner.
    • Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous.1877, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume VI, page 286
    • Pileus 1.1-3.5 cm long, 0.5-2.3 cm broad, 3-4 mm thick near the base, broadly attached, narrowly eaves-like to flaballate, surface white, zonate, glaborous, subgranularly tuberculose near the base.1993, Zhishu Bi, The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 224

Forms of subgranularly

comparativemore subgranularly
superlativemost subgranularly

Origin of subgranularly

From subgranular + -ly.

Questions about subgranularly

What does subgranularly mean?
Subgranularly means in a somewhat or finely granular manner.
What part of speech is subgranularly?
Subgranularly is an adverb.

Words near subgranularly in the dictionary

  1. subgrantee
  2. subgrantees
  3. subgranting
  4. subgrants
  5. subgranular
  6. subgranularly
  7. subgranule
  8. subgranules
  9. subgranulose
  10. subgraph
  11. subgraphs

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