Pedally
adj, adv, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Having pedals. informal
"“Basin Street Blues.” performed here by Joe Dobbins on a pedally piano."
- 2 Involving or requiring pedalling.
"Flat and pedally, then steep and fast, then catch-a-pedal-rocky, it's great fun, if a little short."
- 1 By means of the foot.
"For producing this "velocity of motion" we have a peculiar advantage, in having a double energy always at command, as half our crew are at rest always in the ordinary course of things, which, on particular emergencies, as in the instance of being chased by an enemy, may prove the salvation of the ship, cargo, and crew: not only may the whole muscular power of the crew be employed mechanically, in waorking the wheels of hydraulic engines ; but the different sets of muscles belonging to each man may be alternately employed and relieved by working them both pedally and manually, through the means of cranks, winces, and ropes."
- 2 On or in the foot.
"Incompetent deep veins lead to a reflux of blood pedally with the resultant dilation of distal veins, which itself causes valvular incompetence, setting up a vicious cycle."
- 3 Concerning the properties of the foot
"The Emperor made no remark but immediately disappeared below to reappear in a few minutes pedally bared as was his guest."
- 4 Pertaining to the rhythm of a poem, especially as concerns the stress given to syllables.
"Pedally, on the other hand, they are admittedly far from being examples of the basic lines, the iambic pentameter and the iambic tetrameter."
- 5 Involving the part on which something rests.
"Lines through the mid points of all triangles pedally inscribed in a given triangle and drawn perpendicular to the respective opposite sides of the given triangle are concurrent."
Example
More examples"For producing this "velocity of motion" we have a peculiar advantage, in having a double energy always at command, as half our crew are at rest always in the ordinary course of things, which, on particular emergencies, as in the instance of being chased by an enemy, may prove the salvation of the ship, cargo, and crew: not only may the whole muscular power of the crew be employed mechanically, in waorking the wheels of hydraulic engines ; but the different sets of muscles belonging to each man may be alternately employed and relieved by working them both pedally and manually, through the means of cranks, winces, and ropes."
Etymology
From pedal + -ly (adverbial suffix).
From pedal + -ly (adjectival suffix).
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