vertically
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1.8
- adverb
- /ˈvɜrtɪkli/
:
verticalmente
- If you set them all up perfectly vertically, they will stay that way.
- arranged vertically
- run vertically
- held vertically
So when you when you cut vertically the letter S, yeah.
- So when you when you cut vertically the letter S, yeah.
- One is that Ukraine will crack vertically and horizontally.
- OK, so now I'm going to make put them vertically and see how high they go.
- And their jaws can actually only open vertically, so they can't.
- This ellipse is longer vertically than they are horizontally, right?
Examples
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Sees a pipe on the outside of the building, running vertically near the opening.
Fiction book (1998) -
Our vertically integrated plant is the fastest in the world from initial carbon bond to finished car in 36 hours.
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So when you when you cut vertically the letter S, yeah.
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We'll be putting a bed here vertically and another one on that side of the tree.
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But if I put them vertically, everyone can play this quite easily.
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In the physical sense, the chest should be high and vertically in front of the face.
Academic text (2008) -
You and you and I can only pass genes down vertically from parent to child.
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The electric supply industry in the United Kingdom is no longer vertically integrated following its privatization.
Academic text (1992) -
But the biggest problem with this painting is the gigantic seam running vertically down the painting.
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You should hold the picture frame vertically to display it properly.
Synonyms
1
4.3
Sitting or standing with the body straight and vertical
1
7.3
In a way that is at a right angle to a surface, like straight up from the ground
One end points in a particular direction when you hold or move the object this way
Compounds
How Vertical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vertically comes from the adjective vertical, which in turn comes from the Latin word vertex meaning 'top' or 'highest point'. So to move or stand vertically is to go 'towards the top' — up and down in an upright line.