laterality
Roget category 236
2. Words relating to space› 2.2. Dimensions
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Laterality
noun
laterality† —
side,
flank,
quarter,
lee —
hand —
cheek,
jowl,
jole†,
wing —
profile —
temple,
parietes [Lat.],
loin,
haunch,
hip —
beam.
gable,
gable end —
broadside —
lee side.
points of the compass —
East,
Orient,
Levant —
West —
orientation.
verb
be on one side
etc.
adv. —
flank,
outflank —
sidle —
skirt —
orientate.
adjective
lateral,
sidelong —
collateral —
parietal,
flanking,
skirting —
flanked —
sideling.
many sided —
multilateral,
bilateral,
trilateral,
quadrilateral.
Eastern —
orient,
oriental —
Levantine —
Western,
occidental,
Hesperian.
adverb
sideways,
sidelong —
broadside on —
on one side,
abreast,
alongside,
beside,
aside —
by the side of —
side by side —
cheek by jowl
etc.
(near)
197 —
to windward,
to leeward —
laterally
etc.
adj. —
right and left —
on her beam ends.
phrase
his cheek the may of days outworn"
[Shakespeare].
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