vertically

English

Etymology

vertical +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜː.tɪ.k(ə)li/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɝ.tɪ.k(ə)li/

Adverb

vertically (comparative more vertically, superlative most vertically)

1. In a vertical direction or position.

   This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.

Synonyms

• perpendicularly

Antonyms

• horizontally

Derived terms

• vertically challenged

Translations

in a vertical direction or position

• Catalan: verticalment
• Finnish: pystysuorassa, pystysuoraan, pystyssä (fi), pysty-, pystyasennossa
• French: verticalement (fr)
• Galician: verticalmente (gl)
• German: vertikal (de), senkrecht (de)
• Greek: κάθετα (el) (kátheta)
• Hungarian: vertikálisan (hu), függőlegesen (hu)
• Italian: verticalmente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Nynorsk: loddrett

• Polish: pionowo (pl)
• Portuguese: verticalmente (pt)
• Russian: вертика́льно (ru) (vertikálʹno), на попа́ (ru) (na popá), стоймя (stojmja)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu dìreach
• Spanish: verticalmente (es)
• Swedish: vertikalt (sv), lodrätt (sv)