laterally
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5.0
- adverb
- /ˈleɪtərəli/
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lateralmente
- Each section could be laterally tilted at angles varying from 30 to 90 degrees.
- move laterally
- laterally displaced
- tilting their heads laterally
Anybody that's doing that, one of the things that helps is if you slightly laterally rotate your hips.
- Anybody that's doing that, one of the things that helps is if you slightly laterally rotate your hips.
Examples
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In these families, the eyes face laterally and may be used to observe prey that live underwater.
Academic text (2001) -
Hemiparetic patients walked slower, more asymmetrically, and swayed more laterally, favoring their nonaffected leg than did healthy persons.
Academic text (1995) -
No wonder he had to dig laterally over from my property to get onto his own land.
Fiction book (1999) -
Therefore, they have less ability to laterally shift and lean on their arms.
Academic text (1991) -
That means that it's traveling laterally underground over the course of at least eight miles.
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When the machine runs, we can also move the wheels laterally to reproduce the effect of real traffic.
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Long sails might be extended laterally from a ship to aid in steering.
Fiction book (1995) -
Finally, the infant's nose was moved laterally upward and toward the affected side.
Academic text (2015) -
Shockwaves spread laterally.
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The penguins moved laterally across the ice to find food.
Synonyms
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2.1
At or toward the side instead of straight ahead
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6.9
In a sideways or indirect way
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7.4
Angled toward one side, often used for looks or glances
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6.7
In a way that goes across something at a right angle to its main direction
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4.6
In a direction that is toward one side rather than forward or backward
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6.6
To the side or at an angle
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7.7
Across something at right angles to its main direction
To move toward one side
In a way that moves toward the side
In a way that is at an angle, not straight up or across
At an angle, not straight up and down
Lying across something at right angles
Across the width of something rather than along its length
Antonyms
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3.0
Near the middle or in the most important way, often from the main place that controls things
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Etymology
Laterally comes from the Latin word latus meaning 'side'. You see the same idea in lateral and bilateral, so to move laterally is to move to the 'side' or 'sideways'.