adv
Meaning 1
In or relating to the middle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
medially
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UK, US: /ˈmiː.di.əl.i/
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UK, US: /ˈmiː.di.ə.li/
adv
Meaning 2
In a medial direction or location; near or along the midline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
In a medial direction or location; nearer or toward the midline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Inside a word; neither initially nor finally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
in a medial position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this consonant always occurs medially
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mediālisbor. English medial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English medially From medial + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: středně — in or relating to the middle
- Polish: środkowo — in or relating to the middle
- Polish: centralnie — in or relating to the middle
- Portuguese: medianamente — in or relating to the middle
- Polish: przyśrodkowo — anatomy: in a medial direction or location