astigmatically

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adverb

In an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.

“astigmatically corrected lenses; an astigmatically neutral incision”

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adverbastigmatically (comparative more astigmatically, superlative most astigmatically)

comparative more astigmatically · superlative most astigmatically

  1. In an astigmatic manner; through or in relation to astigmatism.

    astigmatically corrected lenses; an astigmatically neutral incision

    2 more examples

    […] it [the Impressionist movement] set clear-sighted students practising optical distortion, so as to see things myopically and astigmatically;

    1895, George Bernard Shaw, The Sanity of Art, New York: B.R. Tucker, published 1908, page 29

    His eyes no sooner focused on the time of trains for Oxford than the letters (white) upon their background (black) had leap-frogged astigmatically across his retina, leaving him in dizzied indecision.

    1988, Colin Dexter, chapter 32, in The Riddle of the Third Mile, New York: Bantam, page 180

Origin

Translations

Finnish hajataittoisesti, hajataitteisesti
  • hajataittoisestiTranslations
  • hajataitteisestiTranslations
  • astigmaattisestiTranslations
German astigmatisch
  • astigmatischTranslations
Romanian astigmatic
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