Explore Spirally through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Spirally meaning
In a spiral fashion.
Using Spirally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a spiral fashion.
- In the example corpus, spirally often appears in combinations such as: spirally arranged.
Context around Spirally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spirally
- In this selection, "spirally" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 100, arranged, flowers, arranged and unending stand out and add context to how "spirally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include are arranged spirally not in and leaves are spirally arranged but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spirally" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spirally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rather it’s a spirally unending relay race, where we continually exchange batons. (13 words)
Subfamily Ceroxyloideae has small to medium-sized flowers, spirally arranged, with a gynoecium of three joined carpels. (17 words)
The apical complex consists of a set of spirally arranged microtubules (the conoid ), a secretory body (the rhoptry ) and one or more polar rings. (24 words)
The leaves are spirally arranged but slightly twisted at the base to be upswept above the shoot, needle-like, 2–3 cm long, gray-green to blue-green above with a single broad stomatal patch, and with two whitish stomatal bands below. (42 words)
Description In magnolias, the flower parts are arranged spirally, not in whorls The monophyly of Magnoliaceae is supported by a number of shared morphological characters among the various genera in the family. (32 words)
After 12 to 20 months, the stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to convert long with over 100 spirally arranged, trimerous flowers, each subtended by a bract. (29 words)
Example sentences (6)
Rather it’s a spirally unending relay race, where we continually exchange batons.
After 12 to 20 months, the stem grows into a spike-like inflorescence up to convert long with over 100 spirally arranged, trimerous flowers, each subtended by a bract.
Description In magnolias, the flower parts are arranged spirally, not in whorls The monophyly of Magnoliaceae is supported by a number of shared morphological characters among the various genera in the family.
Subfamily Ceroxyloideae has small to medium-sized flowers, spirally arranged, with a gynoecium of three joined carpels.
The apical complex consists of a set of spirally arranged microtubules (the conoid ), a secretory body (the rhoptry ) and one or more polar rings.
The leaves are spirally arranged but slightly twisted at the base to be upswept above the shoot, needle-like, 2–3 cm long, gray-green to blue-green above with a single broad stomatal patch, and with two whitish stomatal bands below.
Common combinations with spirally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: