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Laterally

see synonyms of laterally

Adverb

1. laterally

to or by or from the side

Example Sentences:
'such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin'

2. laterally

in a lateral direction or location

Example Sentences:
'the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Laterally

see synonyms of laterally
adjective
1. 
of or relating to the side or sides
a lateral blow
2. phonetics
(of a speech sound like l) pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the centre of the alveolar ridge, leaving space on one or both sides for the passage of the airstream
noun
3. 
a lateral object, part, passage, or movement
4. phonetics
a lateral speech sound
5. botany
a branch, leaf, or bud that grows out from the side of a stem or trunk

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Laterally

see synonyms of laterally
adjective
1. 
of, at, from, on, or toward the side; sideways
lateral movement
2. 
articulated by partial blockage of the air passage with the tongue in such a way that breath escapes along one or both sides of the tongue
3.  Botany
growing on the side of a stem or branch
a lateral bud
noun
4. 
anything located, done, etc. to the side; lateral part, growth, branch, etc.
5.  US, American Football
a short pass parallel to the goal line or in a slightly backward direction
: in full lateral pass
6.  Mining
a drift off to the side of and parallel to a main drift
7.  Phonetics
a lateral sound, as (l)
verb transitive, verb intransitive
8.  American Football
to pass (the ball) as a lateral (sense 5)

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Laterally

see synonyms of laterally
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or situated at or on the side.
2. Of or constituting a change within an organization or hierarchy to a position at a similar level, as in salary or responsibility, to the one being left: made a lateral move within the company.
3. Linguistics Of, relating to, or being a sound produced by breath passing along one or both sides of the tongue.
n.
1. A lateral part, projection, passage, or appendage.
2. Football A lateral pass.
3. Linguistics A lateral sound, such as (l).
v. lat·er·aled, lat·er·al·ing, lat·er·als also lat·er·alled or lat·er·al·ling
Football
v.intr.
To execute a lateral pass.
v.tr.
To pass (the ball) sideways or backward.

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