centripetal
adjective
directed toward the center (opposed to centrifugal).
centripetally
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a word derived from
centripetal.
Example Sentences
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Like many European auteurs before him, Donnersmarck, who was thirty-three when he won, found himself drawn centripetally toward Hollywood.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019
It may be known from a true head by the flowers not expanding centripetally, that is, not from the circumference towards the centre.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
"The foxglove blooms centripetally," is cold and colorless, however interesting it may be as technical fact, The fox-gloves drop from throat to top, A daily lesser bell quivers with emotional associations.
From Literature in the Elementary School by Porter Lander MacClintock
It appears to lie within my mental eyeball, and to be viewed centripetally.
From Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development by Sir Francis Galton
At the clanking sound our little circle centripetally disintegrated, as if by sheer magic; and I was left somewhat dizzily to face a renewal of reality.
From The Enormous Room by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings
