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waterly en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English watirly, from Old English wæterlīċ (“aquatic”), equivalent to water + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Of or relating to water; aquatic.
   • Bottom or land boundaries constitute wall boundaries for waterly flow, while for air flow similar wall boundaries are represented by land/ground and sea surface. 2007, Geir Hasle, Knut-Andreas Lie, Ewald Quak, Geometric Modelling, Numerical Simulation, and Optimization:
   • Firstly, a set of waterly elements which may not be able to assimilate to a simple thickness line. These objects have some certain width, for example, lakes, swamps, ponds, and so on. 1981, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Technical papers of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping:

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