Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an oval form; so as to be oval.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an oval form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
oval shape.
Etymologies
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Examples
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And you can see they are sort of these kind of ovally-shaped tomatoes.
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If you mistrust the verity of this relation, and demand for further confirmation of my assertion a visible sign, as the Jews and such incredulous infidels use to do, take a fresh egg, and orbicularly, or rather ovally, enfold it within this divine Pantagruelion.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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If you mistrust the verity of this relation, and demand for further confirmation of my assertion a visible sign, as the Jews and such incredulous infidels use to do, take a fresh egg, and orbicularly, or rather ovally, enfold it within this divine Pantagruelion.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Holding up a small, square bottle, ovally labeled with the engraving of a countenance full of soft pity as that of the Romish-painted Madonna, the herb-doctor passes slowly among them, benignly urbane, turning this way and that, saying: --
The Confidence-Man 1857
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Holding up a small, square bottle, ovally labeled with the engraving of
The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855
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In the first place, they are more numerous; secondly, they are larger; and finally, instead of being round like a plate, they are drawn out ovally, and are almost shaped like those long dishes on which fish is usually served.
The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854
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If you mistrust the verity of this relation, and demand for further confirmation of my assertion a visible sign, as the Jews and such incredulous infidels use to do, take a fresh egg, and orbicularly, or rather ovally, enfold it within this divine
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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The small windscreen is hardly visible with the large ovally-shaped front grille demonstrating an aggressive look.
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The small windscreen is hardly visible with the large ovally-shaped front grille demonstrating an aggressive look.
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Lord Ornery’s, just becups they won the egg and spoon there so ovally provencial at Balldole.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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