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# perpendicularly

adverb (from the adjective perpendicular)

«perpendicularly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Straight up and down, or at a right angle (a square corner) to a line or surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpendicularly/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpendicularly/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «perpendicularly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/perpendicularly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«perpendicularly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/perpendicularly.html) on Mova free.