"pedally" meaning in English

See pedally in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more pedally [comparative], most pedally [superlative]
Etymology: From pedal + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pedal|ly}} pedal + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} pedally (comparative more pedally, superlative most pedally)
  1. (informal) Having pedals. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adj-H4DAzRPp
  2. Involving or requiring pedalling.
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adj-L0ur9eFr

Adverb

Forms: more pedally [comparative], most pedally [superlative]
Etymology: From pedal + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pedal|ly}} pedal + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} pedally (comparative more pedally, superlative most pedally)
  1. By means of the foot.
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adv-NMpUGrPs
  2. On or in the foot.
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adv-9u~2NjNa
  3. Concerning the properties of the foot
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adv-zOGCqq-3
  4. Pertaining to the rhythm of a poem, especially as concerns the stress given to syllables.
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adv-4iSUEaNI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 23 6 0 18 31 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 9 21 9 0 15 31 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 21 3 0 18 34 19
  5. Involving the part on which something rests.
    Sense id: en-pedally-en-adv-7TaRtsYF
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          "text": "As a band, we used whatever we needed—keyboard samples, background vocal effects, string parts, whatever. The line we drew was that they were all samples ofus, and every note, or every “event,” had to be triggered manually (or pedally, as the case might be) by one of us.",
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          "text": "I therefore consider a solely pedally innervated sole as plesiomorphic for the Mollusca.",
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          "ref": "2010, Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know, →ISBN:",
          "text": "We tend to sweat pedally when we are mentally taxed: stressed, or concentrating hard.",
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          "ref": "2010, Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend, Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology, →ISBN, page 78:",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008, Stephen E. Braude, The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations, →ISBN:",
          "text": "People who aren't fortunate enough to have webbed toes (the pedally challenged?) are unlikely ever to mention it to anyone.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2006, Frederick S. Szalay, Evolutionary History of the Marsupials and an Analysis of Osteological Characters, →ISBN, page 260:",
          "text": "Sthenurine kangaroos, while pedally distinctive, also have the sustentacular portion of the CLAJP located more laterally, as in Prionotemnus, compared to other macropodoids.",
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          "text": "As a band, we used whatever we needed—keyboard samples, background vocal effects, string parts, whatever. The line we drew was that they were all samples ofus, and every note, or every “event,” had to be triggered manually (or pedally, as the case might be) by one of us.",
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          "text": "We tend to sweat pedally when we are mentally taxed: stressed, or concentrating hard.",
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          "ref": "2010, Paul Shreve, David W. Townsend, Clinical PET-CT in Radiology: Integrated Imaging in Oncology, →ISBN, page 78:",
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          "ref": "2008, Stephen E. Braude, The Gold Leaf Lady and Other Parapsychological Investigations, →ISBN:",
          "text": "People who aren't fortunate enough to have webbed toes (the pedally challenged?) are unlikely ever to mention it to anyone.",
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          "ref": "2006, Frederick S. Szalay, Evolutionary History of the Marsupials and an Analysis of Osteological Characters, →ISBN, page 260:",
          "text": "Sthenurine kangaroos, while pedally distinctive, also have the sustentacular portion of the CLAJP located more laterally, as in Prionotemnus, compared to other macropodoids.",
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