impolarily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From im- +‎ polary +‎ -ly.

Adverb[edit]

impolarily (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word) Not according to or in the direction of the poles.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: [], 2nd edition, London: [] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, [], →OCLC:
      being impolarily adjoined unto a more vigorous loadstone , it will in a short time exchange its poles