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laterally /ˈlat(ə)r(ə)li /adverb1At, towards, or from the side or sides; sideways: use slide steps to move laterally most coral reefs have extended laterally rather than vertically...- The war paintings, a couple of which were nearly 17 feet wide, expanded laterally like graffiti-covered walls.
- Particles suspended in the cool layer cannot move anywhere except laterally, possibly for several miles.
- At Stonehenge, 800,000 visitors are moved laterally within the circular path around the site.
2chiefly British In a way that involves lateral thinking: think laterally about new ways of using limited resources...- Scenarios are pictures of the future to encourage us to think laterally.
- He represents a generation of photographers brave enough to think laterally in a racially cluttered social environment.
- Think laterally, think creatively, think how others would spell or term something.
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