Meanings
comparative more cyclically · superlative most cyclically
- 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 Guardian1 more example
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
From cyclic + -ally or cyclical + -ly.
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