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

Ream, rēm, v.t. to stretch: to enlarge by a rotatory cutter.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

He had discontinued all manual connection with his blue glasses; he had even pressed both hands together, in a rotatory, nervous way, while he went on speaking.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Side.—This is a rotatory motion put on a ball, making it spin on a perpendicular axis.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis

The earth’s rotation is the original source of the rotatory movements, but both intensify the initial motion.

From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.