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spirally

  • a word derived from spiral.
    spiral
    noun
    a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.

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All five isolates exhibited a distinctive feature of Minorisa, a single flagellum coiled spirally around the cell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

It’s not the only such example; Alexia says almost nothing throughout the movie, but her demons are as apparent as the spirally surgical scars above her ear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2021

What about Romanesco's genetics makes it so... spirally?

From Salon ● Feb. 10, 2021

I see a barrage of luminescent, spirally shrimp beating against the window.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he saw the girl standing at the base of the monument, reading or pretending to read a poster which ran spirally up the column.

From "1984" by George Orwell