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laterally

/ˈlæ.tə.ɹə.li/

laterally adverb: done in a lateral manner.

Adverb

laterally (not comparable)

  1. Done in a lateral manner.
    • The first known way past the brick wall of Level 29 was a technique that became known as hypertapping. By using a special grip that lets you vibrate a finger over the D-pad directions at least 10 times a second, you can effectively skip the "delayed autoshift" (DAS) that limits how fast pieces can...2024 January 2, Kyle Orland, “34 years later, a 13-year-old hits the NES Tetris “kill screen””, in Ars Technica
  2. Relating to the direction to the side.
    • The trial running tests which were made with the vehicles showed that they ride very steadily laterally, with almost complete absence of oscillation at all speeds.1950 January, “British Railways Double-Deck Suburban Stock”, in Modern Railways, page 57

laterally meaning in Urdu and Bengali

laterally in Urdu

جانبیت سے

laterally in Bengali

পার্শ্বীয় ভাবে সম্পন্ন, পার্শ্ব অভিমুখে দিক সংক্রান্ত

Examples of laterally in a sentence

  • The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.
  • While most fish are laterally compressed, humans are dorsoventrally compressed.
  • The fibular condyle projects laterally and possesses a shallow notch in the midposterior part.

All 36 example sentences with laterally

Origin of laterally

From lateral + -ly.

Words formed from laterally

Questions about laterally

What does laterally mean?
Laterally means done in a lateral manner.
What is laterally in Urdu?
Laterally in Urdu is جانبیت سے. See Laterally meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is laterally?
Laterally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce laterally?
Laterally is pronounced /ˈlæ.tə.ɹə.li/ (US).

Words near laterally in the dictionary

  1. lateralized
  2. lateralizes
  3. lateralizing
  4. lateralled
  5. lateralling
  6. laterally
  7. lateralmost
  8. lateraloccipital
  9. laterals
  10. lateralward
  11. Lateran

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laterally (page history and authors); laterally (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); laterally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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