laterally adv 1: to or by or from the side; "such women carry in their heads kinship knowledge of six generations depth and extending laterally among consanguineal kin as far as the grandchildren of second cousin" 2: in a lateral direction or location; "the body is spindle- shaped and only slightly compressed laterally"
Laterally \Lat"er*al*ly\, adv. By the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side. [1913 Webster]