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semiˈcircularly, adv. [f. semicircular + -ly2.] In a semicircular form; in a half-circle.
1615Crooke Body of Man 770 The vse of this seuenth paire is semicircularly to mooue the head. 1705–30S. Gale Tour through Engl. (1790) 15 A narrow passage between two stone walls..built semicircularly. 1756Pennant in Phil. Trans. XLIX. 514 The flat or upper part is striated semi⁓circularly. 1839Sat. Mag. Sept. 127/2 The semicircularly⁓formed vault. 1888Century Mag. XXX. 882 The ‘belt’, or rainbow, of fertile land Swept semicircularly round. |