Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an asymmetric manner; without symmetry.
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- adverb In an
asymmetric manner.
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- adverb in an asymmetrical manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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It was your choice to use those terms asymmetrically, and now you act shocked when it’s pointed out to you.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Candidate Obama, President Obama: 2009
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These little Velcro patches are for putting weights because she floats asymmetrically so that helps her dive a little better and get around a little better.
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You'll also see asymmetrically colored finbacks, curious minkes and endangered right whales.
Susan Fogwell: What to Do in Bar Harbor This Summer Susan Fogwell 2011
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They were fastened asymmetrically so tightly to the branch that it was impossible to break or pull them off.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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You'll also see asymmetrically colored finbacks, curious minkes and endangered right whales.
Susan Fogwell: What to Do in Bar Harbor This Summer Susan Fogwell 2011
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Squat and lean at the same time, asymmetrically limbed, string-muscled as if with lengths of cordage, dirt-caked from infancy save for casual showers, she was as unbeautiful a prototype of woman as he, with a scientist's eye, had ever gazed upon.
THE RED ONE 2010
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Then she folds it in half to form a large triangle, asymmetrically drapes it over one side of her jacket, and makes a small knot with the ends on the other side of the body.
Knot Complex: Tying the Perfect Scarf Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan 2010
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Assuming that mother-love is some kind of magical thing that solves all problems, addresses every need, etc is one more way our culture asymmetrically burdens women, undervalues the contributions of fathers, privileges the traditional hetero family, and disourages people from creating the kinds of social networks that are often an optimal context for child-rearing.
Pregnant at 66 and putting choice in context - Feministing 2009
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A delight to partake in were the diaphanous color-blocked silk dresses, each cut asymmetrically, some worn as loose tunics while others were belted over cigarette pants or shown with just leggings.
Jim Shi: New York Fashion Week, Day One: BCBG Max Azria, Richard Chai Love, Vena Cava, Ports 1961 & L.A.M.B. (PHOTOS) Jim Shi 2010
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They were fastened asymmetrically so tightly to the branch that it was impossible to break or pull them off.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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