Rotarily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rotary fashion. not-comparable

    "Hence, if you want to act strongly with the fingers at one side of the hand, you must be careful to release the fore-arm rotarily in their direction, or even to exert it rotarily to help them."

Example

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"Hence, if you want to act strongly with the fingers at one side of the hand, you must be careful to release the fore-arm rotarily in their direction, or even to exert it rotarily to help them."

Etymology

From rotary + -ly.

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