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

Göransson assisted in the Dolby Atmos mix, moving the music and sound around spatially as the camera travels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026

The reef has "experienced unprecedented levels of heat stress, which caused the most spatially extensive and severe bleaching recorded to date," the report found.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2025

"Do they compete, is one dominant over the other, how might they partition resources, and do they mix or spatially segregate within the winter range? Lots of interesting questions to pursue!"

From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024

These implicitly assume either that the universe is spatially infinite or that there are infinitely many universes.

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