LATERALLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does laterally mean? • LATERALLY (adverb)
The adverb LATERALLY has 2 senses:
1. to or by or from the side
2. in a lateral direction or location
Familiarity information: LATERALLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LATERALLY (adverb)
Meaning:
To or by or from the side
Context example:
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
Pertainym:
lateral (situated at or extending to the side)
Meaning:
In a lateral direction or location
Context example:
the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Pertainym:
lateral (lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body)
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