vertically

Adverb

Meaning

In a vertical manner, position, or direction; perpendicularly; as, to look down vertically; to raise a thing vertically.

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Examples

Natural selection is all about the differential success of rival DNA in getting itself transmitted vertically in the species archives. Richard Dawkins

Our notion of symmetry is derived form the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breadth only, not vertically nor in depth. Blaise Pascal

Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public. Karlheinz Stockhausen

What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It's close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically. Elie Wiesel

Everybody knows things are not the same. The people running the TV end of a major vertically integrated company know how much money a successful show can make. Dick Wolf

An adult is only one who has ceased to grow vertically and started to grow horizontally. American Proverb

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