conically
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- adverb
- /ˈkɒnɪkli/
- Relative to their surface areas, the conically curled leaves behaved much more like weather vanes than like flags.
- conically shaped
Examples
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The French might arrogate the noise for themselves while refusing the name; the Italians slip in, wearing another country's coat; but booms reverberate only from unexpected places, suddenly and conically, as if from empty air.
Academic text (1990) -
These are a Green Mountain boxwood which grow more conically just by nature.
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For Stage IV lobster production, Cutler used 10 (400 1) conically shaped tanks supplied with aerated seawater.
Academic text (1999) -
As seen in Figure 46, the work time required for subjects with cylindrically shaped residual limbs was, on average, approximately the same as the work time required for subjects with conically shaped residual limbs.
Academic text (1992) -
Pearson's (1) conically shaped below-knee model analysis used rigid body mechanics to demonstrate that distal cavity pressure was highly sensitive to the interface coefficient of friction.
Academic text (1993) -
The trees in the garden grow conically, forming perfect natural pyramids.
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The ice cream was served in a conically shaped cup that resembled a small cone.
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She arranged the flowers to create a conically shaped centerpiece for the table.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word conically comes from the Latin word conus, meaning 'cone', so think of an ice-cream cone or the top of a volcano to make the image. So conically means 'in the shape of a cone', which is why we use it when something is cone-shaped.