subgranularly en · ADV
Etymology
From subgranular + -ly.
Meanings
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In a somewhat or finely granular manner.
The base of the shell is subgranularly striate.
2024 April 22, Wikipedia contributors, “Conus brunneus”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation:Pileus 1.1-3.5 cm long, 0.5-2.3 cm broad, 3-4 mm thick near the base, broadly attached, narrowly eaves-like to flaballate, surface white, zonate, glaborous, subgranularly tuberculose near the base.
1993, Zhishu Bi, The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province, Chinese University Press, →ISBN, page 224:Elytra a little longer than wide conjointly, finely striate, intervals with a row of moderately coarse elongate punctures each bearing a semierect hair, surface subgranularly alutaceous.
1877, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume VI, page 286:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most subgranularly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more subgranularly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |