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bidirectionally en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English bidirectional Middle English -ly English -ly English bidirectionally From bidirectional + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In opposite directions.
    • The whole of the South Shields branch passed to the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1984 under the Tyneside Metropolitan Rail Act 1973, apart from a short section that was divided into two bi-directionally signalled lines (although interconnected by a series of loops that allow Metro trains to pass each other). 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32: