Laterally
['lætərəl]
Definition
(adv.) in a lateral direction or location; 'the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally'.
(adv.) 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'.
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Definition
(adv.) By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
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Examples
- As each stitch was formed the machine fed the broom along laterally and intermittently. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- By making this bolster or sleeve bearing to yield laterally by means of an elastic packing which surrounds it, a much greater freedom and speed of revolution were obtained. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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