Definition of Dorsally

1. Adverb. In a dorsal location or direction.

Partainyms: Dorsal

Definition of Dorsally

1. adv. On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.

Definition of Dorsally

1. Adverb. Towards the dorsal side ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dorsally

1. toward the back [adv]

Medical Definition of Dorsally

1. On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dorsally

dorsal vein of corpus callosum
dorsal venous arch of foot
dorsal venous network of foot
dorsal venous network of hand
dorsal vertebra
dorsal vertebrae
dorsalgia
dorsalin 1
dorsalis
dorsalis pedis artery
dorsalization
dorsalize
dorsalized
dorsally (current term)
dorsals
dorse
dorsel
dorsels
dorser
dorsers
dorses
dorsibranchiata
dorsibranchiate
dorsibranchiates
dorsiduct
dorsiferous
dorsifixed
dorsiflex

Literary usage of Dorsally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology: Including Many of the Principal by James Mark Baldwin (1901)
"A cell cluster dorsally of the acustic nucleus in the lateral part of the medulla. .... dorsally ..."

2. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"In the next colour-change the paler areas, ventrally and dorsally, become semi-transparent, dirty grey-brown, whilst the darker parts of the ..."

3. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"dorsally, the bone slims out to a slender blade, which reaches far ... Above the articulation, the quadrate is thickened but gradually thins dorsally. ..."

4. The Order Microsauria by Pamela Gaskill, Robert Lynn Carroll (1978)
"dorsally, the bone slims out to a slender blade, which reaches far ... Above the articulation, the quadrate is thickened but gradually thins dorsally. ..."

5. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea by Charles Spence Bate, John Obadiah Westwood (1863)
"carapace covering the upper portion of the segments of the body, consequently these segments are themselves made dorsally perfect ; second, ..."

6. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"... carinated or angulated dorsally. Telson narrower than in A. maoro- cephala, lanceolate. ... dorsally ..."

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