cyclically

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adverb

In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.

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Meanings

adverbcyclically (comparative more cyclically, superlative most cyclically)

comparative more cyclically · superlative most cyclically

  1. In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.

    El Niño, a temperature change in the Pacific ocean that happens cyclically, may have begun interacting with the long-term process of global warming, with catastrophic results.

    2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian
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    The exhibits, moreover, reject the supposedly Eurocentric notion of historical development. “Things are looked at very cyclically, not in a linear way,” one curator told The Washington Post.

    2004 December 12, Christopher Shea, “Nonhegemonic Curating”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

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APA

cyclically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclically

MLA

“cyclically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyclically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyclically.

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