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collaterally en · ADV

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Etymology

Etymology tree English collateral Middle English -ly English -ly English collaterally From collateral + -ly.

Meanings

1. In collateral relation; not lineally.
2. Side by side; by the side.
   • These pulleys […] placed collaterally. 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick:
3. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.
   • The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. 1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC:

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