Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a triangular manner; after the form of a triangle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a triangular manner; in the form of a triangle.

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  • adverb In a triangular manner.

Etymologies

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triangular +β€Ž -ly

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Examples

  • Walker's upper body, wrote Sports Illustrated's Terry Todd, looked "rather like a dark brown, triangularly shaped nylon sack filled with just the right number of 16-pound shots."

    'Boys Will Be Boys' 2008

  • Rene Magritte's "The Promenades of Euclid" (1955) shows us a view of a European city in which a triangular parapet resembles an adjacent boulevard, which narrows, triangularly, in the distance.

    Playing With Perception 2008

  • Not only was it triangularly sheathed on the exterior; the inside walls were constructed similarly, with laths and plaster attached to the slanted planks.

    house: the remodelling part 1 Holly 2007

  • My newspaper today carries the headline story of a young local soldier's funeral and a four-column color photo of his bereaved family clutching each other over his coffin, atop which is the American flag, triangularly folded as per regulation.

    Lying Goes Local 2007

  • Best of all, the astronauts standing erect meant that the windows of the LM could be smaller triangularly shaped and more lightweight while at the same time giving the astronauts an excellent vantage point from which to peer down out of the spacecraft to the landing zone.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • That sharp, triangularly folded scarf worn by women and some men in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Best of all, the astronauts standing erect meant that the windows of the LM could be smaller triangularly shaped and more lightweight while at the same time giving the astronauts an excellent vantage point from which to peer down out of the spacecraft to the landing zone.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Drop-waist dresses, triangularly shaped swing coats, and prairie skirts instantly put your style out to pasture.

    Before You Put That On Lloyd Boston 2005

  • Best of all, the astronauts standing erect meant that the windows of the LM could be smaller triangularly shaped and more lightweight while at the same time giving the astronauts an excellent vantage point from which to peer down out of the spacecraft to the landing zone.

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • β€œIt is perfectly obvious that these triangularly shaped axes represent the female genitalia,” Gimbutas declared.

    The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005

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