quaquaversally

English

Etymology

From quaquaversal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

quaquaversally (comparative more quaquaversally, superlative most quaquaversally)

  1. In a quaquaversal way.
    • 1893, Andrew Cowper Lawson, “Post-Pliocene Diastrophism”, in Collected Papers‎[1], volume 2, Berkeley: University of California, page 150:
      The upthrust tilted the strata quaquaversally from the rising central mass.
    • 1952, James Wood Clarke, “The Geology and Mineral Resources of the Thomaston Quadrangle, Georgia”, in Garland Payton, editor, Short Contributions to the Geology, Geography and Archaeology of Georgia‎[2], number 60, Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia State Division of Conservation Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, page 9:
      The quaquaversally dipping folation of the gneiss near the contact the contact is probably related to the shearing in the zone along the contact.
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