Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: vertically
IPA transcription: [v'ɝtɪkli]
Pronunciations of vertically
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r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vertically
    Meaning: in a vertical direction; "a gallery quite often is added to make use of space vertically as well as horizontally"
Usage examples
  • He had fancied that he would have to let himself vertically down the face of the whole building.
  • The waves are a great planing machine attacking the land, and the tides raise and lower this planing machine, so that its denuding tooth is applied, now twenty feet vertically above mean level, now twenty feet below.
  • With many species of butterflies the upper surfaces of the wings are obscure; and this in all probability leads to their escaping observation and danger. But butterflies would be particularly liable to be attacked by their enemies when at rest; and most kinds whilst resting raise their wings vertically over their backs, so that the lower surface alone is exposed to view.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Cattle egret, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American football, License CC BY-SA 4.0