perpendicularly
Americanadverb
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Safety expert Ban Choi, of the Institute of Risk & Safety Analyses, said the design of the ride was dangerous because it required people to step perpendicularly off the moving walkway onto the stationary floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Nevertheless, a tunable band gap can be engineered in BLG by applying an electric field perpendicularly to the plane of the sheets.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
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
Their guide halted at the foot of a ladder, raised his hand perpendicularly, then darted it horizontally forward.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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