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laterally

la·te·rally

US/ˈlæ.tə.ɹə.li/ uncommon

adverb

1.

to or by or from the side

  • “such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin”
2.

in a lateral direction or location

  • “the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally”

Origin

From lateral + -ly.

Related words

Pertaining to

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