leviter
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of leviter
From Latin
Example Sentences
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Testa lenticularis, superne inferneque convexa, orbicularis, acute carinata, fusco-carnea, spiraliter striata; spira obtusa; anfractus 4 1/2 leviter convexiusculi; basis imperforata, centraliter laevigata, alba; apertura oblique sublunata, angulata; peristoma simplex, tenue.
Prolapsum leviter facili traxere liquore: 48 Tum sonitum rapto corpore fecit Hylas.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
S. test� nodos� plicat�, spir� striis nullis; labio interiore simplice, exteriore reflecto, intr� l�vi, supr� leviter lobato.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
I. test� ventricos�, basi product�; apertur� longiore quam latiore; labio exteriore leviter emarginato.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume II or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
Rostrum validum, crassum, conicum, basi rotundatum, versus apicem leviter compressum, culmine convexo non carinato; mandibulis emarginatis, superiore apice adunco.
From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William
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