trilaterally
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- adverb
- /traɪˈlætərəli/
- During the summit, the leaders met trilaterally to address climate change.
Examples
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This trilaterally negotiated and agreed document was subsequently adopted verbatim by each country as domestic regulation.
Academic text (1994) -
I believe they can and they will: some time in the next few years, all three countries, either trilaterally or on two parallel bilateral tracks, will engage in defining the contours of a new generation of North American agreements to govern how best the three countries can cooperate to ensure their common interests in a more secure and prosperous North America.
Academic text (2004) -
The three nations discussed trilaterally to enhance trade agreements.
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The trilaterally formed committee aims to resolve the dispute among the countries.
Synonyms
In a way that uses groups of three things
Surface Forms
Morphology
trilaterally = trilateral (transparent) = tri + lateral + ly
A straightforward adverbial formation from the adjective 'trilateral' meaning 'in a three-sided/three-party way'.
Etymology
Trilaterally comes from tri- meaning 'three' and lateral meaning 'side', like in triangle and unlike bilateral which means 'two sides'. So when people act trilaterally they do something with three sides, parties, or countries working together.