"centripetally" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-centripetally.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree English centripetal Middle English -ly English -ly English centripetally From centripetal + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|centripetal|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English centripetal Middle English -ly English -ly English centripetally [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "centripetally", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="centripetally"> From centripetal + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} centripetally (not comparable)
  1. Towards a centre or axis. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-centripetally-en-adv-mns7FoNT
  2. Using centripetal force. Tags: not-comparable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: centrifugally
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