gyraladj.
/ˈdʒʌɪərəl/ 1. Moving in a circle or spiral; whirling, gyratory.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > revolving or rotating
rolling?1518
turning1558
gyreful1566
gyring1590
revoluble1598
ambient?1614
vertiginous1680
revolving1681
rotating1757
veering1798
gyratory1815
peristrephic1816
peristrephical1827
gyral1828
gyrating1837
volutory1839
volvent1898
1750 [see gyrally adv. at Derivatives]. 1827 [see gyrally adv. at Derivatives].
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Gyral, whirling; moving in a circular form.
2. Relating to a gyrus or gyri (see gyrus n.).
Derivatives
ˈgyrally adv. in a gyral manner; in a circular form or arrangement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adverb]
round abouta1398
circularly1561
round1565
roundwise1674
gyrally1750
roundward1842
the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adverb] > spirally
spirally1583
round1611
spiral1726
gyrally1750
twistiways1903
twistiwise1907
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 204 The flower consists of five pale-white leaves gyrally incircling one another.
1827 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 21 791 We were not seen stoitering gyrally away up-hill.
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adj.1750