symmetrically

English

Etymology

From symmetrical +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

symmetrically (comparative more symmetrically, superlative most symmetrically)

  1. In a symmetrical manner; so as to show symmetry
    • 1838, The American Journal of Science:
      diagonals symmetrically intermediate between the horizontal axes, terminate in the interaxal basal angles
    • 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:
      The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node.
    • 2017 February 8, Deb Amlen, “Monumental Work”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 9 February 2017:
      We have the ATLANTIC OCEAN running down the center of our grid today and, on either side of the “Pond,” Mr. Trudeau has managed to symmetrically place the British and American English equivalents for four words.

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