posterodistally

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adverb

An a posterodistal direction

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

adverbposterodistally (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAn a posterodistal direction

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Proto-Italic*posteros
  5. Latinposterus
  6. Latinposterior
  7. Englishpostero-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  9. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  10. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  11. Proto-Italic*dis-
  12. Latindis-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  15. Proto-Italic*staējō
  16. Proto-Italic*staēō
  17. Latinstō
  18. Latindistō
  19. Latindistāns
  20. Old Frenchdistant
  21. Middle Englishdistaunt
  22. Englishdistant
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  25. Englishdistal
  26. Englishposterodistal
  27. Englishposterodistally

From posterodistal + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with posterodistally

distallyanterodistallyapicodistallybuccodistallycaudodistallycrystallydorsodistallylaterodistallylinguodistallymediodistallymesiodistallyproximodistallysubdistallyventrodistally
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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