pedally

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   By means of the foot.

   • If the object in question moves on the land, one needs to decide if the movement is done pedally, or non-pedally (pedally/non-ped.).
   • The suspended subject immediately gripped the new support pedally and moved atop it.
2. 2

   On or in the foot.

   • Incompetent deep veins lead to a reflux of blood pedally with the resultant dilation of distal veins, which itself causes valvular incompetence, setting up a vicious cycle.
   • I therefore consider a solely pedally innervated sole as plesiomorphic for the Mollusca.
   • We tend to sweat pedally when we are mentally taxed: stressed, or concentrating hard.
3. 3

   Concerning the properties of the foot

   • The Emperor made no remark but immediately disappeared below to reappear in a few minutes pedally bared as was his guest.
   • People who aren't fortunate enough to have webbed toes (the pedally challenged?) are unlikely ever to mention it to anyone.
   • 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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   1. 4

      Pertaining to the rhythm of a poem, especially as concerns the stress given to syllables.

      • Pedally, on the other hand, they are admittedly far from being examples of the basic lines, the iambic pentameter and the iambic tetrameter.
   2. 5

      Involving the part on which something rests.

      • Lines through the mid points of all triangles pedally inscribed in a given triangle and drawn perpendicular to the respective opposite sides of the given triangle are concurrent.
   3. 6

      Having pedals.

      • “Basin Street Blues.” performed here by Joe Dobbins on a pedally piano.
      • Now everyone rushes up along and down along to no purpose and if you ask me it all started wi' they pedally machines.
      • It's one of those pedally boats.
   4. 7

      Involving or requiring pedalling.

      • Flat and pedally, then steep and fast, then catch-a-pedal-rocky, it's great fun, if a little short.
      • My first day of riding was more pedally and mellow than the second day, which was uplifted by the resort.
      • The stiffness is such that I can quite happily wear these for big pedally rides and even went as far as using them as my spare shoes in my last 24hr solo.

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