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

Owing to his nagging concern, Naidorf positioned the rooftop spire asymmetrically, poised to appear as if it touches the roof delicately, like “a ballerina en pointe.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

That’s not a particularly original analysis, but it, too, is drawn asymmetrically.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2023

Is it too much to speculate that beneath the swirling tattoos, asymmetrically trimmed hair, and bedizened robes, you would recognize someone much closer to yourself, at least in certain respects, than your own ancestors?

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann