collaterally

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adverb

In collateral relation; not lineally.

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Meanings

adverbcollaterally (comparative more collaterally, superlative most collaterally)

comparative more collaterally · superlative most collaterally

  1. In collateral relation; not lineally.
  2. Side by side; by the side.

    These pulleys […] placed collaterally.

    1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
  3. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.

    The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly.

    1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Origin

From collateral + -ly.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collaterally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collaterally.

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