cyclically

English

Etymology

cyclic +‎ -ally or cyclical +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪk.lɪk.li/, /ˈsɪk.lɪk.ə.li/

Adverb

cyclically (comparative more cyclically, superlative most cyclically)

  1. In a cyclic manner; in cycles; periodically.
    • 2004 December 12, Christopher Shea, “Nonhegemonic Curating”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
      The exhibits, moreover, reject the supposedly Eurocentric notion of historical development. “Things are looked at very cyclically, not in a linear way,” one curator told The Washington Post.
    • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian‎:
      El Niño, a temperature change in the Pacific ocean that happens cyclically, may have begun interacting with the long-term process of global warming, with catastrophic results.
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