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symmetrically, adv.|sɪˈmɛtrɪkəlɪ|
Also 6–7 simm-.
[f. symmetry + -ically, after geometrically. Cf. F. symétriquement, † symmetriquement (1529).]
In a symmetrical manner; so as to be symmetrical; with symmetry.
1575Laneham Let. 67 A square pilaster..Simmetrically pierced throogh from a foot beneath, untill a too foot of the top. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 338 They write neither to the right hand nor to the left,..but right downe and simmetrically. 1831Brewster Optics xli. §197. 338 The pencils [of light] from every part of the object will fall symmetrically upon the lens, and be symmetrically refracted. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxi, Mr. Mantalini was disclosed to view, with his shirt collar symmetrically thrown back. 1859Parkinson Optics (1866) 13 Since u, v are symmetrically involved in the equation 1 / v + 1 / u = 2 / r . 1878Gurney Crystallogr. 27 Every diameter of a circle divides it symmetrically. 1896H. Woodward Guide Fossil Reptiles Brit. Mus. 114 This sub-order..comprises the symmetrically-formed Cod-fishes.
So syˈmmetricalness, † (a) the quality of being symmetral (sense 2); (b) the quality of being symmetrical; symmetry.
1684H. More Answer Pref. b j, The Symmetricalness of the Primitive Ages. 1858W. Bagehot in National Rev. Oct. 460 The mode in which those opinions are expressed, and..the mode in which they are framed, affect us..with a sensation of symmetricalness. 1874Contemp. Rev. Nov. 931 There is..a symmetricalness and consistency about these peasants. |