Radially

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that pertains to a configuration or motion extending from a central point outward in all directions
2. In a fashion that relates to the divergence of lines or elements from a common center towards the periphery
3. In a manner describing movement or arrangement extending outward from a central point in all directions

Etymology: "Radially" is a straightforward formation: the adjective "radial" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" attached. "Radial" comes from Latin "radius," meaning a spoke of a wheel or a ray, and it reached English as a technical adjective for things arranged like spokes or rays from a centre. The adverb simply describes doing so in that manner. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the base. "-ly" descends from Old English "-līċe," itself built from a Proto-Germanic element "*līkō," which meant "body" or "form" and also gave English "like." Over the centuries "-līċe" shortened to Middle English "-ly," so that "like" and the adverbial ending share an origin.

Synonyms: outwardly, circularly, peripherally, divergently, spatially