parabolical

par·a·bol·ic

(păr′ə-bŏl′ĭk) also par·a·bol·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

1. Of or similar to a parable.

2. Of or having the form of a parabola or paraboloid.

[Ultimately from Greek parabolē, comparison; see parable. Sense 2, from parabola.]

par′a·bol′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adj. 1. parabolical - resembling or expressed by parables

parabolic

2. parabolical - having the form of a parabola

parabolic

rounded - curving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged; "low rounded hills"; "rounded shoulders"

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That was evident, but perhaps that would not have been the case in a supposedly rigidly parabolical trajectory-- a new problem which tormented Barbicane's brain, imprisoned as he was in a circle of unknowns which he could not unravel.

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In so doing I employed the parabolical method of savages.

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In the light of the perspective of man's standing before the law as represented in and through Kafka's parabolical legend the court seems insofar 'logical' as its organization has found a way to create a rendezvous between being and meaning.

KAFKA'S BEFORE THE LAW AS A CROSS-ROAD OF LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY, PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THEOLOGY