spatially

American  

[spey-shuh-lee] / ˈspeɪ ʃə li /

adverb

1. in a way that relates to space or to the location or extent of objects in three-dimensional space.

   Space and time are two ways in which things are spread out in relationship to each other: spatially things are here and there, and temporally things are before and after.

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Other Word Forms

• nonspatially
  adverb
• quasi-spatially
  adverb
• unspatially
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of spatially

spatial ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

spatially

The updates included more advanced photo editing capabilities, amplifying existing Apple features and making it possible to spatially adjust photos in myriad ways, altering the framing in addition to deleting unwanted people or background objects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

"Our marketing is much more digitally led, much less spatially targeted," said Wells.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2024

In this way, they obtained spatially and temporally finely resolved locations where vultures fed.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 19, 2024

The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024

If the universe is indeed spatially infinite, or if there are infinitely many universes, there would probably be some large regions somewhere that started out in a smooth and uniform manner.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking