Referring to short people as "the vertically challenged" is political correctness running wild.
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Vertically
//ˈvɜː.tɪ.kl̩i//
Synonyms for "vertically" (1 found)
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Antonyms
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2 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 18 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- pingul adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- vertikalisht adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Catalan
1 entries- verticalment adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Dutch
2 entries- loodrecht adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- verticaal adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Finnish
4 entries- pysty adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- pystyasennossa adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- pystyssä adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- pystysuoraan adv (in a vertical direction or position)
French
1 entries- verticalement adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Galician
1 entries- verticalmente adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Georgian
1 entries- ვერტიკალურად adv (in a vertical direction or position)
German
2 entries- senkrecht adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- vertikal adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Greek
1 entries- κάθετα adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Hungarian
2 entries- függőlegesen adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- vertikálisan adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Italian
1 entries- verticalmente adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- loddrett adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Polish
1 entries- pionowo adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Portuguese
1 entries- verticalmente adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Russian
3 entries- вертика́льно adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- на попа́ adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- стоймя adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gu dìreach adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Spanish
1 entries- verticalmente adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Swedish
2 entries- lodrätt adv (in a vertical direction or position)
- vertikalt adv (in a vertical direction or position)
Sample sentences
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Cumulonimbus are a dense and vertically developed cloud that produces thunderstorms. The cloud can bring heavy showers, hail, lightning, high winds and sometimes tornadoes.
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“The nice thing about farming vertically indoors is that you don’t need a lot of space,” Laing said.
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In the window opening he set small branches about an inch in diameter both vertically and horizontally, and so woven that they formed a substantial grating that could withstand the strength of a powerful animal.
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