conicallyadv.
/ˈkɒnɪkəli/ In a conical form or manner; like a cone.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adverb] > conically
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1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxxiii. 247 A Gardiner's watering Pot shap'd conically, or like a Sugar-Loaf.
a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) III. 641 (R.) An almost conically shaped weight of lead.
1786 T. Cavallo in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 9 A piece of..paper rolled up conically, and having at its apex an aperture.
1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iii. 54 The shell..is conically oval.
1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. xiii. 193 A telescope..having a motion carrying the tube conically round a mean position.
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