medially en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈmiː.di.əl.i/ (UK, US)
- /ˈmiː.di.ə.li/ (UK, US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mediālisbor. English medial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English medially From medial + -ly.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) In or relating to the middle.
- (not-comparable) In a medial direction or location; near or along the midline.
- (not-comparable) In a medial direction or location; nearer or toward the midline.
- (not-comparable) Inside a word; neither initially nor finally.
Antonyms
initially (antonym(s) of “in the middle of a word”) · laterally (antonym(s) of “near or along the midline”) · laterally (antonym(s) of “nearer or toward the midline”) · finally (antonym(s) of “in the middle of a word”)
Deriveds
plantomedially · admedially · inferomedially · paramedially
Translations (5)
pt medianamente (in or relating to the middle) · pl centralnie (in or relating to the middle) · pl przyśrodkowo (anatomy: in a medial direction or location) · cs středně (in or relating to the middle) · pl środkowo (in or relating to the middle)