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

"Spatially variable birefringence, that is, the difference in the propagation of different polarizations of light, acts like a synthetic magnetic field," explains Dr. Piotr Kapuściński of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Spatially clumsy, I followed the lead of my more graceful costar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2021

Spatially, this is handled admirably: “Dearest Home” has moments when the dancers are very close to the audience and others when they’re close to the edge of that stage.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2018

Spatially localized place and grid codes might therefore be a manifestation of a general circuit mechanism for encoding sequential relationships between behaviourally relevant events.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

Spatially, I did not live in a four-walled cell but in the entire universe.

From Time Magazine Archive