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orˈbicularly, adv.
[See -ly2.]
In an orbicular manner; in a circle or ring, round about; in a circular or spherical form.
1519Interl. 4 Elem. in Hazl. Dodsley I. 14 About the earth and water jointly they [air and fire] go, And compass them everywhere orbicularly. 1631Heywood London's Jus Hon. Wks. 1874 IV. 278 It imitates the Spheres swift agitation, Orbicularly, still mouing to Saluation. 1724J. Macky Journ. thro. Eng. II. xii. 201 A most graceful Arch,..jutting out somewhat orbicularly. 1822T. Taylor Apuleius 97 Her garments..orbicularly expanding. 1843De Quincey Ceylon Wks. 1859 XII. 13 The flesh of the peach..is massed orbicularly around a central stone. 1860Adler Fauriel's Prov. Poetry xviii. 408 They took each other by the hand and danced around orbicularly. |