Standard Lemma guide

vertically

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i/
  • General-American: /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəli/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
Real reading context

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