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Any plant of the order Malvaceæ.

In an abnormal manner; irregularly. Darwin.

To a fathomless depth; profoundly. "Abysmally ignorant." G. Eliot.

Physically. G. Eliot.

In a baptismal manner.

By tens; by means of decimals.

In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.

tially; characteristically; expressly; regularly; ceremoniously; precisely. That which formally makes this [charity] a Christian grace, is the spring from which it flows. Smalridge. You and your followers do stand formally divided against the authorized guides of the church and rest of the people. Hooker.…

Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

Not maleable.

By infinitesimals; in infinitely small quantities; in an infinitesimal degree.

In an informal manner.

In a normal manner. Darwin.

See Pall-mall. [Obs.]

A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Eve…

On or toward a proximal part; proximad.

minutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river. To compare Great things with small. Milton.

A biennial umbelliferous plant (Apium graveolens) native of the seacoats of Europe and Asia. When deprived of its acrid and even poisonous properties by cultivation, it becomes celery.

A man's garment for the hips and thighs; breeches. See Breeches.

Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.