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adv. - In a curving inward way.

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Usage examples (15)
  • Shaped concavely
  • For he bends his arms concavely and his legs convexly.
  • For man bends his legs convexly, a bird has his bent concavely; again, man bends his arms and legs in opposite directions, for he has his arms bent convexly, but his...
  • Rotational slide: This is a slide in which the surface of rupture is curved concavely upward and the slide movement is roughly rotational about an axis that is parallel...
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