[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

laterally \lat"erally\, adv.
   by the side; sidewise; toward, or from, the side.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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"

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