Dictionary Check: laterally

"laterally" is a valid word!

Scrabble 12 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

adverb

to or by or from the side

Example: "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"
adverb

in a lateral direction or location

Example: "the body is spindle-shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"

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