"linearly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From linear + -ly.",
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      "form": "more linearly",
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      "form": "most linearly",
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "In a linear manner."
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      "translations": [
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "in a linear manner",
          "word": "linéairement"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "linejno",
          "sense": "in a linear manner",
          "word": "линейно"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "In a straight line."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "Sequentially in time; chronologically."
      ],
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          "sequentially"
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          "chronologically",
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        {
          "text": "The effect related linearly to the amount of causative agent added.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Tania Bakhos, Peter Kitanidis, Scott Ladenheim, Arvind K. Saibaba, Daniel Szyld, “Multipreconditioned GMRES for Shifted Systems”, in arXiv:",
          "text": "Furthermore, the multipreconditioned search space is shown to grow only linearly with the number of preconditioners.",
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        "In the manner of a linear function."
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dance",
          "orig": "en:Dance",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
        "Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally."
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        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
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        [
          "Forward",
          "forward"
        ],
        [
          "backward",
          "backward"
        ],
        [
          "lateral",
          "lateral"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dance) Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally."
      ],
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        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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  "word": "linearly"
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    {
      "word": "linearly dependent"
    },
    {
      "word": "linearly independent"
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  "etymology_text": "From linear + -ly.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
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        "In a linear manner."
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        [
          "linear",
          "linear"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In a straight line."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Sequentially in time; chronologically."
      ],
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        [
          "Sequentially",
          "sequentially"
        ],
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          "chronologically",
          "chronologically"
        ]
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        "In the manner of a linear function."
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        "en:Dance"
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      "glosses": [
        "Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally."
      ],
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          "Forward",
          "forward"
        ],
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          "backward",
          "backward"
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          "lateral",
          "lateral"
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          "diagonal",
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        "(dance) Forward or backward, as opposed to laterally or diagonally."
      ],
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        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a linear manner",
      "word": "linéairement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "linejno",
      "sense": "in a linear manner",
      "word": "линейно"
    }
  ],
  "word": "linearly"
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