anterodistally

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adverb

In an anterodistal direction

OriginEnglish anterodistal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle English distaunt →
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Meanings

adverbanterodistally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn an anterodistal direction

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énteros
  3. Latin*anterus
  4. Latinanterior
  5. Englishantero-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  7. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  9. Proto-Italic*dis-
  10. Latindis-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  13. Proto-Italic*staējō
  14. Proto-Italic*staēō
  15. Latinstō
  16. Latindistō
  17. Latindistāns
  18. Old Frenchdistant
  19. Middle Englishdistaunt
  20. Englishdistant
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Englishdistal
  24. Englishanterodistal
  25. Englishanterodistally

From anterodistal + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with anterodistally

distallyapicodistallybuccodistallycaudodistallycrystallydorsodistallylaterodistallylinguodistallymediodistallymesiodistallyposterodistallyproximodistallysubdistallyventrodistally
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Cite this entry
APA

anterodistally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterodistally

MLA

“anterodistally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterodistally. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anterodistally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anterodistally.

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