Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a globose manner; so as to be globose.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a globular manner; globularly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
globose manner.
Etymologies
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globose + -ly
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Examples
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The _spikelets_ are small green or partly purplish 1/12 to 1/10 inch long, globosely ovoid, acute, pubescent with minute hairs on the outer surface of the glumes and bristly hairs on the nerves, all on one side, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, two or three from a node, one or two barren, 3 - to 5-seriate.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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