vortical
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“A demented and seductive vortical tension was building in the community. The jitters were setting in,” she writes.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
The old man, interpreted with earthy humor and shining grace by Bokuzen Hidari, is the vortical figure in the film.
From Time Magazine Archive
But within it is the vortical power of Dustin, pulling in the laughs, the cast and the audience.
From Time Magazine Archive
Adj. rotating &c. v.; rotary, rotary; circumrotatory†, trochilic†, vertiginous, gyratory; vortical, vorticose†.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget
The gradual establishment of a vortical motion such as we at present see indicated in the spiral nebulæ, is the gradual approach towards motion in one plane.
From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Herbert Spencer
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