dorsally

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adverb

Towards the dorsal side.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English dorsal →
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Meanings

adverbdorsally (comparative more dorsally, superlative most dorsally)

comparative more dorsally · superlative most dorsally

  1. Towards the dorsal side.

    The origin of each tube is situated closer to the older of each two consecutive varices, and the tube is bent dorsally and slightly posteriorly.

    1976, George E. Radwin, Murex Shells of the World: An Illustrated Guide to the Muricidae

Origin

  1. Englishdorsal
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishdorsally

From dorsal + -ly.

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Chicago

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