GIBBOUSLY

Etymology

Adverb

gibbously (comparative more gibbously, superlative most gibbously)

In a gibbous manner.

Source: Wiktionary


GIBBOUS

Gib"bous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. gibbeux. See Gibbose.]

1. Swelling by a regular curve or surface; protuberant; convex; as, the moon is gibbous between the half-moon and the full moon. The bones will rise, and make a gibbous member. Wiseman.

2. Hunched; hump-backed. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

– Gib"bous*ly, adv.

– Gib"bous*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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