perpendicularly

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English perpendicular
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 perpendicularly

    From perpendicular + -ly.

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    Adverb

    perpendicularly (comparative more perpendicularly, superlative most perpendicularly)

    1. In a perpendicular manner.
      • 1678, Thomas Hobbes, “Of Gravity and Gravitation”, in Decameron Physiologicum: Or, Ten Dialogues of Natural Philosophy. […], London: […] J[ames] C[ottrel] for W[illiam] Crook[e] […], →OCLC, page 84:
        […] Gravity is an Intrinſecal Quality by vvhich a Body ſo qualified deſcendeth perpendicularly tovvards the Superfices of the Earth.
      • 1909, Herbert McIntosh, Practical handbook of medical electricity for students and practitioners:
        The target should, therefore, be adjusted so as to throw the rays as nearly as possible perpendicularly upon the parts to be skiagraphed.
      • 1962, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 1261:
        For use in a nursery for cradling a baby to sleep, a baby cradler comprising, in combination, a stand embodying a mobile base, uprights attached to and rising perpendicularly from the base and having axially aligned bearings, [...]
    2. (intransitive) To unite in a body or mass.

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