semicircularlyadv.
In a semicircular form; in a half-circle.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in form or manner of circle or ring > in form or manner of semicircle
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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 770 The vse of this seuenth paire is semicircularly to mooue the head.
1730 S. Gale Tour through England in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) i. 15 A narrow passage between two stone walls..built semicircularly.
1757 T. Pennant in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 514 The flat or upper part is striated semi~circularly.
1839 Sat. Mag. Sept. 127/2 The semicircularly~formed vault.
1888 Cent. Mag. 30 882 The ‘belt’, or rainbow, of fertile land Swept semicircularly round.
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