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laterally

Variant of lateral

adjective

  1. of, at, from, on, or toward the side; sideways: lateral movement
  2. articulated by partial blockage of the air passage with the tongue in such a way that breath escapes along one or both sides of the tongue
  3. Bot. growing on the side of a stem or branch: a lateral bud

noun

  1. anything located, done, etc. to the side; lateral part, growth, branch, etc.
  2. Football a short pass parallel to the goal line or in a slightly backward direction
    in full lateral pass
  3. Mining a drift off to the side of and parallel to a main drift
  4. Phonet. a lateral sound, as (l)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Football to pass (the ball) as a lateral ()

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