acicularlyadv.
/əˈsɪkjᵿləli/, U.S. /əˈsɪkjələrli/ Chiefly Chemistry and Zoology.
In the manner of needles or aciculae; in needle-shaped forms.
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acicularly1796
tuberculatedly1822
echinulately1846
pectinately1846
squarrosely1849
1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 330 A dense greyish white mass whose surface was acicularly crystalized.
1841 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 7 421 Scales of the involucrum lanceolate,..acicularly terminated.
1863 W. T. Brande & A. S. Taylor Chemistry xxx. 371 Many of the latter varieties have a gray metallic lustre, and are found acicularly radiated.
1969 Jrnl. Paleontol. 43 1293/2 Separated from the dorsal marginal tooth field by a rounded to acicularly terminated..tooth.
2003 Thin Solid Films 424 59/2 The..micrograph of the film demonstrates the tendency of the grains to grow acicularly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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