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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No longer my hands shall bear the coal to the lips of the inspired singer—no longer my voice modulate its tones to the accompaniment of spheral harmonies.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
That was to be filled with spheral music which lay under lock and bolt deep within his nature.
From Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
"And because, before the spheral music of the universe, human art and human simplicity are, at last, equally great!" added Albano.
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
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 Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse by Various
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 Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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