Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a diametral manner.

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  • adverb Diametrically.

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  • adverb In a diametral fashion.

Etymologies

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diametral +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Yes, now large-wheeled devotees have a place where they can extoll the virtues of their machines and feel free to be themselves as they roll somewhat more smoothly over rugged terrain, free from the scorn and ridicule of the diametrally-challenged and the rubber-and-kevlar grip of the international 26-inch tire manufacturers' cabal.

    I'm Back: Did I Miss Anything? BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • But seriously, on economic side, I strongly believe that behavior-changing overtaxation distorts the market and at the end sometimes produces according to law of un-intended consequences diametrally opposed results.

    The T3 Tax « Climate Audit 2007

  • Czech-German border, but the two sides 'opinions of the checks of drivers diametrally differ,

    Prague Monitor 2010

  • Villain, call me Master Wagner, and see that you walk attentively, and let your right eye be always diametrally fixed upon my left heel, that thou mayst quasi vestigiis nostris [42] insistere.

    The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1616 Christopher Marlowe 1578

  • Why golden jackal is diametrally decresing in India, Egypt and Africa?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Why golden jackal is diametrally decresing in India, Egypt and Asia?

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

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