(see TRIPARTITE a.), adv. [f. TRIPARTITE a. + -LY2.] In a tripartite manner; in or into three parts.
1656. W. D. trans., Comenius Gate Lat. Unl., § 584. The Body [is divided] tripartitely into head, trunk, joynts or Limbs.
1754. J. Hill, Hist. Anim., 561. The Dasypus, with the covering tripartitely divided. The African Armadilla.