Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the form of a pyramid: as, a part pyramidally produced; in a loose sense, so as to form a high, angular elevation; hence, extremely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Like a pyramid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Like a
pyramid ; in apyramidal manner or shape.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But to subsist in bones, and be but pyramidally extant, is a fallacy in duration.
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The fire was thrown to a great height; the fountains and jets all wallowed together; new ones appeared, and danced joyously round the margin, then converging towards the centre they merged into one glowing mass, which upheaved itself pyramidally and disappeared with a vast plunge.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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But it built its own governing structure pyramidally, with its select “Supreme Council” members at the top, in command of the most valued information and highly guarded secrets.
Shadow of the Sentinel WARREN GETLER 2003
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It is as if three sausage-shaped balloons were disposed pyramidally -- two lying side by side with one super-imposed, with the bags connected at the points where the circular sections come into contact.
Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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Christ in glory, surrounded by a _mandorla_, with angels on either side; and in the spandrel on the right, a group of sixteen prophets, seated pyramidally against a blaze of gold background.
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell
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To be but pyramidally extant is a fallacy in duration
XI. Of Selection 1920
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'To be but pyramidally extant is a fallacy in duration ....
On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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Above the upper arches are three irregular-shaped openings, arranged pyramidally, the two lower being quatrefoiled, the upper sexfoiled.
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Above the three lights of the windows are three quatrefoils, pyramidally arranged.
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Above are three circles arranged pyramidally, each containing nine cusps.
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