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Definition of Perpendicularly
1. Adverb. Straight up or down without a break.
2. Adverb. In a perpendicular manner. "This red line runs perpendicularly to the green line"
Definition of Perpendicularly
1. adv. In a perpendicular manner; vertically.
Definition of Perpendicularly
1. Adverb. In a perpendicular manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perpendicularly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpendicularly
Literary usage of Perpendicularly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Earth, and Animated Natureby Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving by Oliver Goldsmith, Washington Irving (1854)
"This immeasurable cavern runs perpendicularly downward ; and the sides of it seem
to tally so plainly as to show that they once were united. ..."
2. Annual Report by Michigan Board of State Auditors (1902)
"127 Ruled horizontally and perpendicularly on both sides, printed on both sides
Per each additional 100, to and including 1000 '- per 100 W00 Per each 500 ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"... but almost perpendicularly downward, and the head itself is round ; the whole
thus bearing some resemblance to the long-beaked head of a crane. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The fort is built on a huge block of gneiss, running up perpendicularly to a
height of 1500 feet. It is protected by a double line of ramparts. ..."
5. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"(A.-S.) To withstand. Rob. Glouc. ATTACH, ». (Fr.) To join. Ten masts attach'd
make not the altitude Which thou hast perpendicularly fallen. ..."
6. Mechanics for Practical Men by Alexander Jamieson (1845)
"If two parallel forces act perpendicularly upon a straight line, either in the
same or in different directions, their resultant is parallel to them, ..."
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