- The word is a nonce word that was used in a YouTube video to refer to how the model plane wings were getting increasingly bent upward. The word is formed from an existing word, “Dihedral,” which refers to the tilt/angle of a plane’s wings, and the suffix -ly which means “having the qualities of” to form an adjective. Although “Dihedral” refers to the angle of plane wings in general, it usually refers to an upward angle so the new word uses the more common meaning to build off of.
Dihedral-ly
adjective; derivation (Affixation)
(Of plane wings) Folding or bending upward
Etymology : From the word “Dihedral” plus -ly, an adjective forming suffix.
Source : “It’s flying a lot better than the last one, even with the wings getting increasingly more dihedral-ly.” (YouTube video: FLYING Leaf Blower RC airplane Mk2 - 11/13/2019)
Last modified: 14 December 2019