unsymmetrically
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a word derived from
symmetrical.
symmetricaladjectivecharacterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
Example Sentences
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From the rear it did not look right; it was lopsided, with a goodish-sized object hung unsymmetrically under its right wing.
From Time Magazine Archive
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E is due to transient induction in horizontal soft iron unsymmetrically placed with regard to the compass.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 "Columbus" to "Condottiere" by Various
These were fantastically and unsymmetrically arranged, as if the architect had wished to involve any trespassers in an inextricable labyrinth.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi
Moreover we know from experiments on heliotropism, thermotropism, etc., that even intangible stimuli such as rays of light, etc., impinging unsymmetrically on these delicate cells cause alterations in their behaviour—e.g. arrest or acceleration of growth.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
The north transept already had a large chapel of two stages upon its eastern side, so that the plan was treated unsymmetrically.
From The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church by A. Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton) Thompson