Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In the form or manner of a prism; by means of a prism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
prismatic way.
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Examples
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As they corresponded about the nature of the soul, or as Schelling filled page after page of his notebooks for the Ages of the World, the psyche split prismatically between a number of competing vocabularies of substance or process.
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I, for one, welcome our prismatically flatulent overlord.
Without a Doubt, the Very Sexiest Picture I Have Ever Taken in My Entire Life « Whatever 2007
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Then he took note of the subtle differences, of the prismatically colored hair, the too-perfect posture, the sculpted countenances.
Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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Then he took note of the subtle differences, of the prismatically colored hair, the too-perfect posture, the sculpted countenances.
Dirge Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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As Gillian stared at the window she realized that light was reflecting off it oddly, almost prismatically.
Night World No. 2 L.J. SMITH 1997
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Icy facets picked up the firelight and winked it back prismatically.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Icy facets picked up the firelight and winked it back prismatically.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Icy facets picked up the firelight and winked it back prismatically.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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The old man's white goatee bobbed as he mouthed something silently and made passes over the flame, which shot up prismatically.
The Sky Is Falling Lester Del Rey 1954
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Sunshine, prismatically dissected, is known to vibrate at a rate of about four hundred million for red and eight hundred million for blue.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration Louis Dechmann
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