Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a horizontal direction or position; in the direction of the horizon; on a level: as, a line stretched horizontally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a horizontal direction or position; on a level.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
horizontal direction or position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a horizontal direction
Etymologies
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Examples
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Select all, and in the Align palette toggle the artboard and center the label horizontally and vertically.
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Those who stand to gain from our assets and efforts, however, have duped the rest of us into believing that growing horizontally, which is to say increasing our material footprint on the world, is a satisfactory substitute for growing vertically by increasing in wisdom, knowledge, peace, compassion, and illumination.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Investing in Ourselves Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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He could spring twenty feet horizontally from a sitting position.
CHAPTER V 2010
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The proper way to make melba toast: cut off crust and then cut horizontally from the edge to make one slice into two very thing slices.
Samantha Zalaznick: Reporting Back From The Food & Wine Classic in Aspen Samantha Zalaznick 2010
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Those who stand to gain from our assets and efforts, however, have duped the rest of us into believing that growing horizontally, which is to say increasing our material footprint on the world, is a satisfactory substitute for growing vertically by increasing in wisdom, knowledge, peace, compassion, and illumination.
Arthur Rosenfeld: Investing in Ourselves Arthur Rosenfeld 2011
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Speaking of handles, you can choose from those that extend horizontally from the pan or rise up vertically.
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They hung from metal fixtures, cast with inscrutable Gothic figures, protruding horizontally from the walls.
365 tomorrows » 2008 » November : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2008
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Speaking of handles, you can choose from those that extend horizontally from the pan or rise up vertically.
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The shape of the slices, when cut horizontally, is that of a five-pointed star.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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The shape of the slices, when cut horizontally, is that of a five-pointed star.
Exotic summer refreshment: a guide to Mexico's tropical fruit 2007
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