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# laterally

«laterally» in Mova's school dictionary: **sideways, or to the side** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (laterally)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Laterally means sideways, or to the side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#m1)

2) To think laterally is to solve a problem in an unusual, creative way instead of the obvious one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and sport it describes movement to the side (crabs walk laterally); in puzzles and olympiad questions «lateral thinking» means looking for a clever, unexpected answer.

### examples

- Crabs move laterally across the sand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x1)
- The pass went laterally across the pitch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x2)
- The bridge can move laterally a little in strong wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x3)
- Try to think laterally about this riddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x4)
- The fish has eyes placed laterally, on the sides of its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x5)
- Lateral thinking puzzles need you to think laterally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/laterally/#x6)

### note

Adverb from the adjective «lateral» (to the side). Spelled with «-ally». «Lateral thinking» was named by Edward de Bono. In maths, a «lateral face» is a side face of a prism or pyramid, not the top or bottom.

### Trees and pragmatics

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