bifariouslyadv.
In a bifarious manner:
a. In two ways; ambiguously.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > equivocal quality, ambiguity > [adverb]
ambiguously1534
equivocally1630
escapinglya1631
equivocatingly1652
bifariously1657
equivocally1660
amphibologically1755
mealy-mouthedly1838
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Pharmaceut. Shop i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Zzz2v Polypody..must be bifariously prepared.
b. In two rows. bifariously pubescent in Botany: having the hairs on each internode ranged in two opposite rows at right angles to the rows on the two adjacent internodes.
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the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > in particular arrangement or state
bifariously pubescent1870
1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 268 Veronica arvensis..branches..bifariously pubescent.
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