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cyclically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsɪk.lɪk.li/ (UK)
• /ˈsɪk.lɪk.ə.li/ (UK)

Etymology

From cyclic + -ally or cyclical + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.
   • El Niño, a temperature change in the Pacific ocean that happens cyclically, may have begun interacting with the long-term process of global warming, with catastrophic results. 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
   • The exhibits, moreover, reject the supposedly Eurocentric notion of historical development. “Things are looked at very cyclically, not in a linear way,” one curator told The Washington Post. 2004 December 12, Christopher Shea, “Nonhegemonic Curating”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

spirocyclically