rotatory

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So, when it comes to rotating players, is it really any wonder that managers are increasingly choosing to use domestic cup competitions as rotatory playgrounds?

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Following Stroke.—This is putting a rotatory motion on a ball, causing it to spin on a horizontal axis forwards instead of backwards.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

Cyclone, sī′klōn, n. a circular or rotatory storm.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The atmosphere of the planet forms an integral portion of its material, partakes of its rotatory motion, and is bound to the solid core by the mutual gravitative forces.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by Weir, James

One day, when I was playing, I made too much movement with my hand in a rotatory sort of a passage where it was difficult to avoid it.

From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Fay, Amy