单词 | ovately |
释义 | ovatelyadv. In or into an ovate form; tending towards an ovate shape.Cf. ovate adj. Compounds 1 and ovato- comb. form. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adverb] > spherically > spheroidally > specific ovally1659 ovenwisec1720 oblately1753 ovatedly1822 ovately1822 prolately1874 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 235 Fibularia tarentina. Ovately elliptical; rather convex. 1831 W. J. Hooker Brit. Flora (ed. 2) 135 A[nthriscus] vulgaris..fruit ovately conical hispid. 1865 Reader No. 145. 408/3 Ovately dolichocephalic. 1901 Amer. Naturalist 35 757 Lorica elliptically or ovately oblong. 1956 Amer. Midland Naturalist 55 203 Leaves ovate or ovately subhastate. 1986 Silvae Genetica 35 236/1 Ninety-eight percent of 800 ramets in a 15-year-old Pinus sylvestris L. clonal seed orchard..have developed short, wide, bushy, and ovately shaped crowns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1822 |
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