laterally

1. 1.

   to or by or from the side

   “such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin”
2. 2.

   in a lateral direction or location

   “the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally”

   anatomy

Questions about laterally

What does laterally mean?

laterally means "to or by or from the side". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in laterally?

laterally has 4 syllables: lat-e-ral-ly. The stress falls on "lat". In IPA it is /ˈlætɚəˌli/.

Is laterally a common word?

laterally is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with laterally?