circularlyadv.
/ˈsəːkjʊləli/ In a circular manner, in a circle.† 4. Completely, perfectly. Obsolete.† 5. In rotation, among a circle of people. Obsolete.
1. In the form of a circle.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in form or manner of circle or ring
roundc1300
arounda1425
circle-wise1542
circularly1543
roundwise1577
circular-wise1598
roundways1644
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 4/1 Diuide the brayne panne with a sawe circularely.
1666 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1972) VII. 213 For fruit, the best way is to have Walls built Circularly.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xvi. 145 Propagated circularly all round the centre of disturbance.
2. In a circular orbit or course.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adverb]
round abouta1398
circularly1561
round1565
roundwise1674
gyrally1750
roundward1842
1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. xx. sig. C.vi The Planet..is moued circularly.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ii. 1 Trade, which like bloud should circularly flow.
1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. viii. 108 A body moving circularly round the sun.
3. By circular reasoning, in a logical circle.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adverb] > by circular reasoning
circularly1651
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 35 That is to prove the same by the same, or else to argue circularly.
1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vii. 103 Joe..completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, ‘Her’.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb]
fullyeOE
allesOE
fullOE
rightc1175
everydealc1300
wholec1300
whollya1325
finelyc1330
fairly1340
completec1374
gainlya1375
clearly1377
freelya1393
plaina1393
entire?a1400
entirelyc1400
oddlyc1400
sufficientlyc1440
expressc1475
totally1509
completely1526
finec1530
exactly?1531
sincerely1576
start1599
fillingly1611
circularly1618
solid1651
out-over1745
rotundly1775
roundedly?1802
whole hog1840
clear-away1883
whole cloth1917
righteous1948
1618 G. Chapman in tr. Hesiod Georgicks Ep. Ded. sig. A2 These most wise, learned and circularly-spoken Grecians.
?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 34 And those gifts onely let thy Deified minde Be circularlie pleas'd with.
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the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [adverb]
aboutOE
whilemeala1382
by whiles1382
in coursea1400
in turna1500
circularly1648
in rotation1771
round-by-round1933
rotationally1950
1648 T. Hill Strength of Saints Ep. Ded. sig. A3 That they (though but circularly, by 3 or 4 in a morning) may have leave to come to the Morning Sermon in the Abbey.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 30 He bestowed also a vast summe of money on several Corporations to be imployed circularly for the benefit of the poor Freemen therein.
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