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anteriorly

Syllables: an·te·ri·or·ly

anteriorly adverb: before (in time).

Adverb

anteriorly (comparative more anteriorly, superlative most anteriorly)

  1. before (in time)
  2. in front (in position)
  3. towards the anterior
    • Margin of dolon curling smoothly to distal margin of velum both anteriorly and posteriorly, but dolonal margins not in contact when valves closed.1977, Murray John Copeland, Early Paleozoic Ostracoda from Southwestern District of Mackenzie and Yukon Territory, page 30
    • In both cases the histial dolon is united anteriorly with the velar dolon and both genera are also similar in being unisulcate .2011, N. Ikeya, K. Ishizaki, T. Hanai, Evolutionary Biology of Ostracoda, page 1045

Antonyms of anteriorly

Forms of anteriorly

comparativemore anteriorly
superlativemost anteriorly
alternative formanteriourly

Origin of anteriorly

From anterior + -ly.

Words formed from anteriorly

Questions about anteriorly

What does anteriorly mean?
Anteriorly means before (in time).
What part of speech is anteriorly?
Anteriorly is an adverb.

Words near anteriorly in the dictionary

  1. anteriorizations
  2. anteriorize
  3. anteriorized
  4. anteriorizes
  5. anteriorizing
  6. anteriorly
  7. anteriormedial
  8. anteriormost
  9. anteriorness
  10. anteriorward
  11. anterioseptal

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