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Definition of Parabolically
1. adv. By way of parable; in a parabolic manner.
Definition of Parabolically
1. Adverb. In a parabolic manner ¹
2. Adverb. In the form of a parabola ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parabolically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabolically
Literary usage of Parabolically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ezekiel and the Book of His Prophecy: An Exposition by Patrick Fairbairn (1855)
"... I recompense their way upon their head, saith the Lord Jehovah." CHAPTER XXIII.
THE STORY OF ISRAEL'S SIN AND PUNISHMENT parabolically EXHIBITED ..."
2. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"An aeroplane curved parabolically from front to rear, with means for ... 13.
in an aeroplane device plural aeroplanes curved parabolically from front to ..."
3. Campaign in France in the Year 1792 by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1849)
"... in the form of an arch, as if they would strike the firmament, and when, they
had reached a certain height, they descended parabolically into the town, ..."
4. Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English by John Walker (1823)
"... parabolically,par-ra-b61'16-kal-l&. ad. byway of parable ; in the form of a
parabola Parade, par-ride'. ». show; military order Paradigm, pir'a-dlm. .1. ..."
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