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adjective

Diametrical, Diametric adj.

Of or pertaining to a diameter.

As remote as possible, as if at the opposite end of a diameter; directly adverse.

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Etymology of 'Diametrical'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diametrical" Quotes from Famous Books

... grant my prayer," I began with awful solemnity, "and send the great Ranunculus to loose the binding chain of concupiscence, heaving the multitudinous aquacity upon the heads of this wicked and sententious generation, whelming these diametrical ...

— Cobwebs From an Empty Skull • Ambrose Bierce (AKA: Dod Grile)

... is the use of my giving you advice that you will not follow? If I lived with you, and were your constant companion, you would ask me to advise you twenty times a day, and then you would go and do the diametric opposite of what I suggested. If I did not see in you something that I see in few other men, I would not be here. There are plenty of fools who have wit enough to take counsel of a wise man. There are few men of wit wise enough to be guided by their betters, ...

— Mr. Isaacs • F. Marion Crawford

Words linked to "Diametrical" : opposite, diametric, diametrical opposition, diameter