The new windows were made convexly and so the view was distorted. From LearnThat.org.
Bulging out convexly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
For he bends his arms concavely and his legs convexly. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
A convexly carved plate or cupola in which there are three or four holes for finger holds seem to have been lids. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
Now - take your juiced lemon outers, squeeze them convexly, so the rind expels their lemon oil, and toss them in with the chicken. From Wordnik.com. [What I cooked last night.] Reference
Falcate: sickle-shaped; convexly curved: a wing when deeply excavated below the apex so as to leave the latter acute and a little curved. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Concaving now convexly to the semidemihemispheres and, from the female angle, music minnestirring, were the subligate sisters, P. and Q. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Currently Overcow feels best when snuggled with her neck against my forearm, her belly against me, and her little convexly-curved legs lightly snuggling my chest. From Wordnik.com. [Day 4 with the Overcow | Spontaneous ∂erivation] Reference
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 legs concavely. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
To make bamboo roofing, the hollow canes are split longitudinally, and, after the webbed joints inside have been cut away, they are laid on the bamboo frame-work, and fit into each other, the one convexly, the next one concavely, and so on alternately. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Shell sub-cylindrical, tapering convexly towards the apex which is slightly arched downwards. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
He stood on the hearthrug, with his back to the hearth, bending his body concavely and then convexly with the idle easy sinuousness of youth, and he saw that it was wonderful. From Wordnik.com. [Clayhanger] Reference
This group springs from the outer part of the shaft immediately below group c, and curves convexly upward and inward in nearly parallel lines across the neck of the femur and ends in the inferior portion of the head. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 6c. 3. The Femur] Reference
Shell elongate-oval, spire very small, body whorl sub-cylindrical, very slightly tapeiing in advance, convexly tapering in its upper one-third or one-fourth towards the suture; suture chauneled; aperture rather heavily en - crusted and transversely striate by numerous small teeth; anterior folds large. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
~~~~~~~ the palms being placed concavely and convexly alternately, making fine drainage for the heavy rains. From Wordnik.com. [Argentina from a British Point of View] Reference
The second oddest thing is that her front legs aren’t straight, but curved slightly, convexly so if you put her on her stomach. From Wordnik.com. [The Overcow Has Arrived | Spontaneous ∂erivation] Reference
And a viviparous quadruped bends his limbs in opposite directions to a man’s, and in opposite directions to one another; for he has his forelegs bent convexly, his hind legs concavely. From Wordnik.com. [On the Gait of Animals] Reference
The face is curved somewhat convexly. From Wordnik.com. [A JOURNEY TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN 1839] Reference
The extremely large side-pockets, sheltered beneath wide flaps, bulged out convexly whether empty or full; and as he was often engaged to work at buildings far away -- his breakfasts and dinners being eaten in a strange chimney-corner, by a garden wall, on a heap of stones, or walking along the road -- he carried in these pockets a small tin canister of butter, a small canister of sugar, a small canister of tea, a paper of salt, and a paper of pepper; the bread, cheese, and meat, forming the substance of his meals, hanging up behind him in his basket among the hammers and chisels. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school] Reference
The extremely large side-pockets, sheltered beneath wide flaps, bulged out convexly whether empty or full; and as he was often engaged to work at buildings far away — his breakfasts and dinners being eaten in a strange chimney-corner, by a garden wall, on a heap of stones, or walking along the road — he carried in these pockets a small tin canister of butter, a small canister of sugar, a small canister of tea, a paper of salt, and a paper of pepper; the bread, cheese, and meat, forming the substance of his meals, hanging up behind him in his basket among the hammers and chisels. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Greenwood Tree] Reference
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