Meanings
comparative more vertically · superlative most vertically
- In a vertical direction or position.
This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.
2 more examples
The church stands in a churchyard so steep that it would seem that some of the inhabitants must have been buried vertically; there is an odd monument by the door, shaped like a coffin standing upon lion's feet.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about HertingfordburyAccumulation of the dye followed orthostichous patterns wherein the dye tended to accumulate in half of each leaf not vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 1, 2, and 4), and in the whole of each leaf vertically aligned with the inoculation leaf (leaves 3 and 5).
2015 November 11, “Horizontal Transmission of”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Englishvertical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishvertically
Translations
Catalan verticalment
- verticalmentin a vertical direction or position
Dutch verticaal, loodrecht
- verticaalin a vertical direction or position
- loodrechtin a vertical direction or position
Finnish pystysuorassa, pystysuoraan
- pystysuorassain a vertical direction or position
- pystysuoraanin a vertical direction or position
- pystyssäin a vertical direction or position
- pysty-in a vertical direction or position
- pystyasennossain a vertical direction or position
French verticalement
- verticalementin a vertical direction or position
German vertikal, senkrecht
- vertikalin a vertical direction or position
- senkrechtin a vertical direction or position
Greek κάθετα
- κάθετα (kátheta)in a vertical direction or position
Hungarian vertikálisan, függőlegesen
- vertikálisanin a vertical direction or position
- függőlegesenin a vertical direction or position
Italian verticalmente
- verticalmentein a vertical direction or position
Polish pionowo
- pionowoin a vertical direction or position
Portuguese verticalmente
- verticalmentein a vertical direction or position
Russian вертика́льно, на попа́
- вертика́льно (vertikálʹno)in a vertical direction or position
- на попа́ (na popá)in a vertical direction or position
- стоймя (stojmja)in a vertical direction or position
Scottish Gaelic gu dìreach
- gu dìreachin a vertical direction or position
Spanish verticalmente
- verticalmentein a vertical direction or position
Swedish vertikalt, lodrätt
- vertikaltin a vertical direction or position
- lodrättin a vertical direction or position
Cite this entry
vertically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vertically
“vertically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vertically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vertically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vertically.
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