— uncially , adv.
/un"shee euhl, -sheuhl/ , adj.
1. designating, written in, or pertaining to a form of majuscule writing having a curved or rounded shape and used chiefly in Greek and Latin manuscripts from about the 3rd to the 9th century A.D.
n.
2. an uncial letter.
3. uncial writing.
4. a manuscript written in uncials.
[ 1640-50; unciales ( litterae ) (Jerome) uncial (letters), pl. of L uncialis weighing one twelfth of a libra (see UNCIA, -AL 1 ); literal sense is unclear ]