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单词 spirally
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spirallyadv.1

/ˈspʌɪərəli/
Etymology: < spiral adj.1 and adv.
In a spiral manner; in spiral lines or curves.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adverb] > spirally
spirally1583
round1611
spiral1726
gyrally1750
twistiways1903
twistiwise1907
1583 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 52 The bonds seem of a smoky ashy collour, spirally going about the Cloud.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 206 The Heart..being a Muscular Part, the Sides of it are composed of two orders of Fibres running circularly or spirally from Base to Tip.
1746 tr. G. Le Blond Treat. Artillery ix. 62 The barrel..is riffled spirally.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. vii. 312 Let pieces of milled lead be rolled spirally.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 210 A canal passing spirally up its sides.
1845 J. Coulter Adventures Pacific vii. 75 They..cut the blubber the proper breadth spirally from the base of the head to the flukes.
1885 Mag. Art Sept. 458/1 The coils all joined together and running parallel to each other, instead of spirally.

Compounds

spirally-arranged, spirally-coiled, etc.
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1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. 62 Two spirally-convoluted tubes were filled with a silky gum.
1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. 423 Two minute oval sacs formed of an elastic spirally-wound fibre.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 198 Two spirally-coiled tubular appendages nearly filling the shell.
1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 131 The mucous membrane..is prolonged into spirally-arranged valvular folds.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 639 The concave side of the long spirally-curved vegetative cone.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

spirallyadv.2

Etymology: < spiral adj.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspirally.
rare.
After the manner of a spire; high in air.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adverb] > to a great or considerable height
highOE
heaven-high?1518
loftily1548
tower-wise1581
a-cock-hye1598
tally1611
eminently1620
spirally1806
sky-high1818
toweringly1822
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 13 The..flags rising spirally above them afforded a..relief to the glare.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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