Library / English Dictionary

LATERALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a lateral direction or location

Example:

the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally

Classified under:

Adverbs

Domain category:

anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)

Pertainym:

lateral (lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

To or by or from the side

Example:

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

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

lateral (situated at or extending to the side)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The caudal portion of the trunk, bounded anteriorly and laterally by the two hip bones incorporating the socket portion of the hip joint for each leg.

(Pelvic Bone, NCI Thesaurus)