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
Polarization describes light waves oscillating perpendicularly to the direction it is traveling.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 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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