Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a lenticular manner; like a lens; with a curve.

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

  • adverb In the manner of a lens; with a curve.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a lenticular manner.

Etymologies

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lenticular +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • It is manifestly in the nature of a _lenticularly-formed envelope surrounding the sun_, and extending beyond the orbits of

    Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper

  • In the first place he states its shape is that of a lenticularly-formed envelope surrounding the sun, and extending beyond the orbits of Mercury and Venus, and probably to our earth.

    Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper

  • March, April and May, as a cone or lenticularly-shaped light extending from the horizon obliquely upwards, and following generally the course of the ecliptic, or rather that of the sun's equator.

    Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper

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