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leviter

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[lev-i-ter] / ˈlɛv ɪ tər /

adverb

  1. (in prescriptions) lightly.


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.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

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