distally

English

Etymology

From distal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

distally (comparative more distally, superlative most distally)

1. Towards a distal part.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:

     The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally […]

Derived terms

• caudodistally
• dorsodistally
• laterodistally
• linguodistally

 

Related terms

• distal