spheral
Americanadjective
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of or shaped like a sphere; spherical
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perfectly rounded; symmetrical
Other Word Forms
- interspheral adjective
- nonspheral adjective
- spherality noun
Etymology
Origin of spheral
From the Late Latin word sphaerālis, dating back to 1565–75. See sphere, -al 1
Example Sentences
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The irresistible cry of the colour to the senses, the spheral call of the theme and its agony to the soul.
From Young Lives by Le Gallienne, Richard
The cloud-rack, the sunrise and sunset glories, rainbows, and northern lights are not quite so spheral as our childhood thought them; and the part our organization plays in them is too large.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
It is the spheral form appearing in thought.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 by Various
For there is somewhat spheral and infinite in every man, especially in every genius, which, if you can come very near him, sports with all your limitations.
From Essays — Second Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Even so to me the soft romantic dream Of one who still may sit at fancy's feet, Where love and beauty yet are all the theme, Where spheral concords find an echo meet.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
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