Circumambient

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Including all aspects of; encompassing.
  2. 2
    Surrounding.

    "Thus gaiety and cheerfulness prevail, / Spreading from young to old, from old to young, / And no one seems to want his share.—Immense / Is the recess, the circumambient world / Magnificent, by which they are embraced: […]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a circumambient manner.

Synonyms

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ambientcirclingcircumferentialcircumjacentembracingencircling

Example

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"Thus gaiety and cheerfulness prevail, / Spreading from young to old, from old to young, / And no one seems to want his share.—Immense / Is the recess, the circumambient world / Magnificent, by which they are embraced: […]"

Etymology

From Latin circum (“around”) + ambiō, from amb- (“both side”) + eō (“go”), literally "go on both sides of". Synchronically circum- + ambient.

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