Boustrophedonally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Boustrophedonally is an adverb meaning (epigraphy, uncommon) Synonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”).
Meaning
(epigraphy, uncommon) Synonym of boustrophedonically (“as a boustrophedon or in a boustrophedonic manner”).
Example Sentences
[…]read boustrophedonally as follows:[…]
The arrangement indicates that the series of six pictures is to be read boustrophedonally, beginning at the lower right:[…]
The Chinese read from top to bottom, and early Greek inscriptions were read boustrophedonally—that is, alternately from left to right and right to left, as furrows are made in plowing a field.
The words of those verses which are regarded as containing a peculiar recondite meaning are ranged in squares in such a manner as to be read either vertically or boustrophedonally, beginning at the right or left hand.
Synonyms for boustrophedonally
Depending on context, synonyms include boustrophedonically.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include boustrophedonically, bivariantly, bidentately, plectonemically, ambisyllabically, polysymmetrically.
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