subdistally

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adverb

In a subdistal direction

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adverbsubdistally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a subdistal direction

    Operculum ( Op ) broad, longer than the bursa, distally narrowing into a rounded apical process bearing ca. 10 setae, anterior surface subdistally with shallow concavity ( C ).

    2015 August 27, “A New Dimension in Documenting New Species: High-Detail Imaging for Myriapod Taxonomy and First 3D Cybertype of a New Millipede Species (Diplopoda, Julida, Julidae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  13. Proto-Italic*staējō
  14. Proto-Italic*staēō
  15. Latinstō
  16. Latindistō
  17. Latindistāns
  18. Old Frenchdistant
  19. Middle Englishdistaunt
  20. Englishdistant
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Englishdistal
  24. Englishsubdistal
  25. Englishsubdistally

From subdistal + -ly.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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