Laterally

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laterally \Lat"er*al*ly\, adv.
     By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  laterally
       adv 1: to or by or from the side; "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: in a lateral direction or location; "the body is
          spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"