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vertically

/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i/US/ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəli/

vertically adverb: in a vertical direction or position.

Adverb

vertically (comparative more vertically, superlative most vertically)

  1. In a vertical direction or position.
    • This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.
    • The church stands in a churchyard so steep that it would seem that some of the inhabitants must have been buried vertically; there is an odd monument by the door, shaped like a coffin standing upon lion's feet.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury

vertically meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

vertically in Tamil

நெட்டுக்குத்தலாக

vertically in Urdu

عموداً

vertically in Malayalam

vertically, steeply
കുത്തനേ kuttanē

Examples of vertically in a sentence

  • Japanese can be written horizontally as well as vertically.
  • When held vertically close to your nose, the top left quadrant of the right thumb is the most distomedial quadrant.
  • E.g., orthotropic is to grow vertically (up or down), orthostasis describes the state of the human body in a standing position, orthograde is walking or standing in that position.

All 40 example sentences with vertically

Forms of vertically

comparativemore vertically
superlativemost vertically

Origin of vertically

From vertical + -ly.

Words formed from vertically

Questions about vertically

What does vertically mean?
Vertically means in a vertical direction or position.
What is vertically in Tamil?
Vertically in Tamil is நெட்டுக்குத்தலாக. See Vertically meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vertically?
Vertically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce vertically?
Vertically is pronounced /ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i/ (UK).

Words near vertically in the dictionary

  1. verticalizations
  2. verticalize
  3. verticalized
  4. verticalizes
  5. verticalizing
  6. vertically
  7. vertically challenged
  8. vertically integrated
  9. vertically-challenged
  10. verticalness
  11. verticals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vertically (page history and authors); vertically (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vertically (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); കുത്തനേ (Malayalam) (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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