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rectangularly, adv.|rɛkˈtæŋgjʊləlɪ| [f. as prec. + -ly2.] In a rectangular manner or direction.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. ii. 62 At the æquator thereof the needle will stand rectangularly. 1658― Gard. Cyrus i, The..Ensigne carried this figure, not..rectangularly entersected, but in a decussation. 1832G. Downes Lett. Cont. Countries I. 509 The city is exceedingly handsome, and the streets intersect each other rectangularly. 1880C. & F. Darwin Movem. Pl. 423 The hypocotyl bends in a few hours rectangularly towards a bright lateral light. So recˈtangularness (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |