astigmatically

1 8.1

In a way that makes things look blurry and distorted because the eye or lens has the wrong shape

adverb
/əˈstɪɡmətɪkli/

Specialized

: astigmáticamente

When she looked through the glasses, the world appeared astigmatically, with lines bending slightly at the edges.

Examples

Seeing astigmatically is rather like looking at a picture taken while the camera moved just slightly.

Academic text (2007)
However, the astigmatically generated FES is less than ideal.

Academic text (1996)
The blurred words on the page made it difficult for him to read astigmatically without straining his eyes.
Many people with astigmatism see objects astigmatically, creating a distorted or uneven focus.

How Distorted

blurredly

1 7.5

astigmatically

Specialized

1 8.1

normally

894 1.0

Surface Forms

astigmatically positive

Morphology

astigmatically = astigmatic (transparent) = astigmat + ic + ally

Formed by a standard adverbial derivation from the adjective 'astigmatic' (astigmatic + -ally), so the relation to the base adjective is clear.

Etymology

Astigmatically comes from Greek parts a- meaning 'not' and stigma meaning 'point', so it means 'without a single point'. A helpful image is light that cannot meet at one point, so images look blurred or stretched, which is why astigmatically describes vision or optics that are distorted.