polary

English

Etymology

From pole +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊləɹi/

Adjective

polary (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Tending towards a pole.

   Synonyms: poleward, polewards

   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     And if the whole earth were violently removed, yet would it not forego its primitive points, nor pitch in the east or west, but return unto its polary position again.

Derived terms

• impolarily
• polarily

Related terms

• polar
• polarity

References

• “polary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Paylor, pyrola