wheelyadj.
/ˈhwiːli/ rare.
Of or pertaining to a wheel.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > [adjective] > rotating as a wheel
wheeling1635
wheely?a1650
rotative1776
the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > circular
trendledc1220
circle-likea1420
circular1430
compass?1523
compassed1551
circled1578
circuled1582
orbal1603
circulary1610
wheely1708
spherical1730
encircular1806
sphered1820
wheeled1820
moony1836
wheel-shaped1895
?a1650 W. Bosworth Chast & Lost Lovers (1651) i. 957 Fortune (whose continual wheely force Keeps constant course).
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 80 To exercise the pointed Steel On the hard Rock, and give a wheely Form, To the expected Grinder.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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