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# horizontally

«horizontally» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a flat, level direction, from side to side, like the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (horizontally)

### meaning for a pupil

In a flat, level direction, from side to side, like the horizon or a line lying down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, a line drawn horizontally goes left–right across the page; the x-axis is horizontal. In tables and grids, rows go horizontally and columns go vertically. In crosswords «across» clues go horizontally. In science, water in a level tube lies horizontally. In art, folding paper horizontally means top to bottom fold so the crease runs side to side.

### examples

- Draw a line horizontally across the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x1)
- Rows in a table go horizontally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x2)
- Fold the paper horizontally in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x3)
- The x-axis runs horizontally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x4)
- Lay the bottle horizontally in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x5)
- The flag has three stripes going horizontally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x6)
- Read the grid horizontally first, then vertically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/#x7)

### note

From horizontal + -ly. Opposite: vertically (up and down). Memory trick: the horizon is flat and goes side to side. In maths problems, «move 3 squares horizontally» means change the x-coordinate by 3, not the y.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «horizontally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horizontally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.