Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a lateral manner, direction, or position; laterad; sidewise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Done in a lateral manner.
  • adverb Relating to the direction to the side.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a lateral direction or location
  • adverb to or by or from the side

Etymologies

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lateral +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Because these lures sin laterally, the stop-start retrieve works really well.

    Favorite Lures of the Trout Guides 2009

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • The dorsal surfaces of the frontals (on the top of the skull) possess large depressions while the ventral surfaces of the zygomatic processes (the structures that project laterally from the cheek regions) are strongly concave, again unlike the condition in other mysticetes.

    From cigar to elongated, bloated tadpole: rorquals part II Darren Naish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

  • The dorsal surfaces of the frontals (on the top of the skull) possess large depressions while the ventral surfaces of the zygomatic processes (the structures that project laterally from the cheek regions) are strongly concave, again unlike the condition in other mysticetes.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Literally, "Speaking about a vehicle: To slip (skid), diverting itself laterally from the direction it was following."

    Road sign spanish 2006

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