spikilyadv.
In a spiky manner; like spikes.
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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adverb]
pointwise1545
bodkin-wise1565
acutely1681
pointways1718
spikily1893
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adverb] > like a tusk or spike
tuskwise1844
spikily1893
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [adverb] > qualities of music
unplayably1898
spikily1959
1893 ‘M. Gray’ Last Sentence I. i. vii. 135 [Hair] which..stood spikily out in every direction.
1959 Times 18 June 15/4 Higo Harada's Music for Piano and Violin, Op. 12,..was spikily intellectual music, rarely visited by any spirit of delight.
1976 J. Cooper Harriet (1977) xiii. 81 Her spikily mascara'd eyes softened.
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adv.1893- trackbrake
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- trackchart
- trackchisel
- trackcircuit
- trackcleaner
- trackclearer
- trackcutting
- tracked
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- tracker
- tracker ball
- tracker dog
- tracker-action
- tracker-wire
- tracker-work
- trackeraction
- trackers
- trackerwire
- trackerwork
- trackgrading
- trackharness
- trackhound
- trackie
- trackie bottoms