concavelyadv.
/ˌkɒnˈkeɪvli/, /ˌkɒŋˈkeɪvli/, /ˈkɒnkeɪvli/, /ˈkɒŋkeɪvli/, U.S. /ˌkɑnˈkeɪvli/ With a concave outline or surface.
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troughwise1551
concavously1646
scoopingly1750
depressedly1842
concavely1880
1880 Watson in Jrnl. Linn. Soc.: Zool. 15 91 Spire high and sharp-pointed, its concavely conical slope being slightly broken at the sutures.
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 833 They curve concavely towards the source of light.
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