perpendicularly

«perpendicularly» in Mova's school dictionary: Straight up and down, or at a right angle (a square… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (from the adjective perpendicular)

meaning for a pupil

Straight up and down, or at a right angle (a square corner) to a line or surface. tree →

sense in the lessons

in a tale, oars held straight out from the boat's side, ready to go into the water

examples

• The heroes had their oars held perpendicularly, ready to let fall into the water. tree →

note

in maths, perpendicular lines meet at a right angle (90 degrees); this gives a shape, not a count, so it changes no amount

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «perpendicularly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.