perpendicularly

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Adverbial perpendicularly has 2 senses

sheer, perpendicularly - straight up or down without a break
perpendicularly - in a perpendicular manner; "this red line runs perpendicularly to the green line"
Derived from adjective perpendicular₁

Definitions from the Web

Term: perpendicularly

Description

Perpendicularly is an adverb that describes something done in a direction that is at a right angle to a given plane or line, forming a 90-degree angle.

Senses

Sense 1: In a perpendicular manner.

Usages

Usage 1: The tree branches extended perpendicularly towards the sky.

Usage 2: The skyscraper was built to stand perpendicularly to the ground.

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