vortical
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a vortex.
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suggesting or resembling a vortex.
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moving in a vortex.
Other Word Forms
- vortically adverb
Etymology
Origin of vortical
Example Sentences
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“A demented and seductive vortical tension was building in the community. The jitters were setting in,” she writes.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2019
But within it is the vortical power of Dustin, pulling in the laughs, the cast and the audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
The old man, interpreted with earthy humor and shining grace by Bokuzen Hidari, is the vortical figure in the film.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, however estimated, this involution seems to afford a measure of the air and vapor which finds its way to a higher elevation by means of the vortical movement in the body of the storm.”
From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden
Adj. rotating &c. v.; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory†, trochilic†, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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