asymmetrically

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They found that during sleep, both excitatory and inhibitory connections in the brain become weaker, but they do so asymmetrically, making inhibitory connections weaker than excitatory connections, which causes an increase in excitation.

From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024

I can't be asymmetrically loyal because then you look like a turd, so don't be asymmetrically loyal to anybody.

From Salon • May 18, 2024

The most beautiful gowns were sometimes deceptively simple, where the sumptuous material — like one blue satin sash rippling asymmetrically across the shoulder — could speak for itself.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2023

There’s also a coil of menace, an awareness of how pleasure and danger commingle in an industry where Gary and Alana are asymmetrically positioned: He may be savvier, but she turns more heads.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2021

“No,” Gladys says, asymmetrically perplexed, “not that I know of.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman