perpendicularly

American  

[pur-puhn-dik-yuh-ler-lee] / ˌpɜr pənˈdɪk yə lər li /

adverb

1. in a perpendicular way, relation, or position.

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Example Sentences

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

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

My research helped uncover the fact that the plane had flown perpendicularly across the path of a jet that had just gone by.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson