adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i/
General-American:/ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəli/
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CMU ARPABET:V ER1 T IH0 K L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In a vertical direction or position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
This story needs to be read vertically to be understood correctly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adverb
Meaning 2
in a vertical direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English vertical Middle English -ly English -ly English vertically From vertical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
pingul
— in a vertical direction or position
Albanian:
vertikalisht
— in a vertical direction or position
Catalan:
verticalment
— in a vertical direction or position
Dutch:
verticaal
— in a vertical direction or position
Dutch:
loodrecht
— in a vertical direction or position
Finnish:
pystysuorassa
— in a vertical direction or position
Finnish:
pystysuoraan
— in a vertical direction or position
Finnish:
pystyssä
— in a vertical direction or position
Finnish:
pysty-
— in a vertical direction or position
Finnish:
pystyasennossa
— in a vertical direction or position
French:
verticalement
— in a vertical direction or position
Galician:
verticalmente
— in a vertical direction or position
Georgian:
ვერტიკალურად
(verṭiḳalurad)
— in a vertical direction or position
German:
vertikal
— in a vertical direction or position
German:
senkrecht
— in a vertical direction or position
Greek:
κάθετα
(kátheta)
— in a vertical direction or position
Hungarian:
vertikálisan
— in a vertical direction or position
Hungarian:
függőlegesen
— in a vertical direction or position
Italian:
verticalmente
— in a vertical direction or position
Norwegian Nynorsk:
loddrett
— in a vertical direction or position
Polish:
pionowo
— in a vertical direction or position
Portuguese:
verticalmente
— in a vertical direction or position
Russian:
вертика́льно
(vertikálʹno)
— in a vertical direction or position
Russian:
на попа́
(na popá)
— in a vertical direction or position
Russian:
стоймя
(stojmja)
— in a vertical direction or position
Scottish Gaelic:
gu dìreach
— in a vertical direction or position
Spanish:
verticalmente
— in a vertical direction or position
Swedish:
vertikalt
— in a vertical direction or position
Swedish:
lodrätt
— in a vertical direction or position