Dictionary

vertically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəli/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English vertical 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 vertically From vertical + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a vertical direction or position.
   • The church stands in a churchyard so steep that it would seem that some of the inhabitants must have been buried vertically; there is an odd monument by the door, shaped like a coffin standing upon lion's feet. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:
   • Accumulation of the dye followed orthostichous patterns wherein the dye tended to accumulate in half of each leaf not vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 1, 2, and 4), and in the whole of each leaf vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 3 and 5). 2015 November 11, “Horizontal Transmission of”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.

Forms

Coordinates

horizontally

Deriveds

vertically integrated · vertically challenged · subvertically

Translations (29)

hu függőlegesen (in a vertical direction or position) · el κάθετα (in a vertical direction or position) · nn loddrett (in a vertical direction or position) · de vertikal (in a vertical direction or position) · pt verticalmente (in a vertical direction or position) · es verticalmente (in a vertical direction or position) · nl verticaal (in a vertical direction or position) · fi pystysuoraan (in a vertical direction or position) · sq pingul (in a vertical direction or position) · fi pysty- (in a vertical direction or position) · gd gu dìreach (in a vertical direction or position) · ca verticalment (in a vertical direction or position) · de senkrecht (in a vertical direction or position) · fi pystyssä (in a vertical direction or position) · fr verticalement (in a vertical direction or position) · nl loodrecht (in a vertical direction or position) · ru стоймя (in a vertical direction or position) · fi pystysuorassa (in a vertical direction or position) · sv vertikalt (in a vertical direction or position) · it verticalmente (in a vertical direction or position) · gl verticalmente (in a vertical direction or position) · ka ვერტიკალურად (in a vertical direction or position) · sv lodrätt (in a vertical direction or position) · sq vertikalisht (in a vertical direction or position) · pl pionowo (in a vertical direction or position) · ru вертика́льно (in a vertical direction or position) · fi pystyasennossa (in a vertical direction or position) · hu vertikálisan (in a vertical direction or position) · ru на попа́ (in a vertical direction or position)