divergent
adjective
diverging; differing; deviating.
divergently
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a word derived from
divergent.
Example Sentences
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For two players raised and taught by the same tennis-instructor parents, the brothers Zverev play tennis about as divergently as you could imagine.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017
Hence, at a little distance, the whole mass of foliage seems to consist of tufts, each containing a tassel of long pointed leaves, drooping divergently from a common centre.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various
The existing groups, according to this hypothesis, have developed in different areas independently and divergently by continuous adaptation to their several environments.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Capsule obcordately 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved; the valves divergently 2-lobed.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
I dive and make a great fuss of attacking, then I steer divergently.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by Sir Stephen King-Hall
