spheral
Americanadjective
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of or shaped like a sphere; spherical
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perfectly rounded; symmetrical
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of spheral
From the Late Latin word sphaerālis, dating back to 1565–75. See sphere, -al 1
Example Sentences
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It was his spheral song of joy and thanksgiving.
From Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt
The cloud-rack, the sunrise and sunset glories, rainbows, and northern lights are not quite so spheral as our childhood thought them; and the part our organization plays in them is too large.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
For there is somewhat spheral and infinite in every man, especially in every genius, which, if you can come very near him, sports with all your limitations.
From Essays — Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
All individual differences are due to the spheral impressions.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
But the poet, whose verses are to be spheral and complete, is one whom Nature cannot deceive, whatsoever face of strangeness she may put on.
From Essays — First Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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