divergently

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For two players raised and taught by the same tennis-instructor parents, the brothers Zverev play tennis about as divergently as you could imagine.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2017

I dive and make a great fuss of attacking, then I steer divergently.

From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by King-Hall, Stephen, Sir

The existing groups, according to this hypothesis, have developed in different areas independently and divergently by continuous adaptation to their several environments.

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

Hence, at a little distance, the whole mass of foliage seems to consist of tufts, each containing a tassel of long pointed leaves, drooping divergently from a common centre.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 by Various

Thereupon he leisurely consumed the property in dispute, shut his eyes, yawned, turned upon his back, thrust out his legs divergently, and died.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose