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Definitions

laterally

[lat-er-uh-lee] / ˈlæt ər ə li /
ADVERB
to the side
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
next to sideway sideways sidewise


Example Sentences

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She has been in intensive therapy this week, posting videos of her squatting, jumping and moving laterally in a knee brace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

His only possible path was to back his truck along the driveway’s edge, angle the boom under the Camry and move it laterally so he could tow it away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Unlike universal injunctions, which are top-down blocks, collateral estoppel works laterally — one court at a time, but each building on the last.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2025

The ceratioids then developed features such as larger jaws, smaller eyes and laterally compressed bodies -- adaptations tailored to life in an environment with limited food and no sunlight.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

In a scene that sounded remarkably like what Voight had just told Crandell, the force of the eruption was directed laterally, out from the side of the volcano.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone