spirally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English spiral

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English spirally

From spiral + -ly.

Adverb

spirally (not comparable)

1. In a spiral fashion.
   • 1862, Journal of Horticulture and Practical Gardening - Volume 3, page 163:

     The bees always alighten at the bottom of the spike, and, crawling spirally up it, sucked one flower after the other.

   a spirally grooved surface