orthogonally
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles
Example Sentences
- "The number of independent primitive concepts has been minimized in order that the language be easy to describe, to learn, and to implement. On the other hand, these concepts have been applied “orthogonally” in order to maximize the expressive power of the language while trying to avoid deleterious superfluities."
Etymology
Etymology tree English orthogonal Middle English -ly English -ly English orthogonally From orthogonal + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more orthogonally (comparative)
most orthogonally (superlative)