perpendicularly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Holding up a colander can also project the partial eclipse onto the ground, as can looking at sunlight dappling through a tree’s leaves, or through your fingers aligned perpendicularly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
By studying magnesium atom emission signals, the team was also able to map the morphology of these winds, which appear as cones of matter perpendicularly ejected from both sides of the galactic plane.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2023
One Washingtonian, who tweeted out their story Monday night, was chased by the fox, which “ran at me like steak, perpendicularly, on my right side.”
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2022
This selection includes “Holding Pattern,” which is mounted perpendicularly to the wall, and “The Mildly High Club,” which hangs well above an average person’s eye level.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 3, 2021
A half mile farther on, the trail descended very steeply, almost perpendicularly, more than 600 feet to a high, nameless valley.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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