triangularlyadv.
a. In a triangular way; in the form or manner of a triangle.
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1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. 221 The heart..of man triangularly respecteth the blessed Trinitie, every corner a Person, and the solide substance your common Essence.
1610 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 70 3 whyte stones sett triangulerly as pillers supportinge another stone.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. v. 307 A Spar with Crystals Triangularly pointed.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxiv. 134 This Town is Triangularly built.
b. figurative. As three parties to a transaction (cf. triangular adj. 3).
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1890 R. Kipling in Pioneer Mail 15 Jan. 92/3 We nodded triangularly in all good will and swore eternal friendship.
1892 Sat. Rev. 31 Dec. 758/2 The Russian refusal to negotiate ‘triangularly’ with England and China.
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