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DIAGONALLY adv.

In a diagonal direction.

DIALECTICALLY adv.

In a dialectical manner.

DIALLAGE n. 2 definitions

A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart.

Meeting and intersecting, as lines; not parallel; -- opposed to parallel. [Obs.] Ash.

A volatile, pungent, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H10, consisting of two allyl radicals, and belonging to the acetylene series.

DIALOGICALLY adv.

In the manner or nature of a dialogue. Goldsmith.

DIAMAGNETICALLY adv.

In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism.

DIAMETRALLY adv.

DIAMETRICALLY adv.

In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.

DIATONICALLY adv.

In a diatonic manner.

DIDACTICALLY adv.

In a didactic manner.

DIETETICALLY adv.

In a dietetical manner.

DIFFERENTIALLY adv.

In the way of differentiation.

To loiter or trifle; to waste time.

DIPLOMATICALLY adv.

According to the rules of diplomacy; in the manner of a diplomatist; artfully.

To alienate from allegiance. [Obs. & R.] Milton.

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge. To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God. 1 Pet. ii. 4. That the edicts of Cæsar we may at all times disallow, but the statutes of God for no reason we m…

DISALLOWABLE a.

Not allowable; not to be suffered. Raleigh. -- Dis`al*low"a*ble*ness, n.

DISALLOWANCE n.

The act of disallowing; refusal to admit or permit; rejection.

To part, as an alliance; to sunder. [R.] "Disallied their nuptials." Milton.