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comparative more specular, superlative most specular
Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective. quotations examples
a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 14
(medicine) Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum. examples
Assisting sight, like a lens etc. quotations examples
Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees.
1708, John Philips, Cyder
(poetic) Offering an expansive view; picturesque. quotations examples
Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.
1833, William Wordsworth, Hope Smiled
Look once more, e're we leave this specular mount.
1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […]