orthogonally
adverb
orthogonally is an adverb meaning “In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-R-T-H-O-G-O-N-A-L-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does orthogonally mean?
adverb
- 1
In an orthogonal manner; perpendicularly; at right angles
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 expressi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of orthogonally
- more orthogonally comparative
- most orthogonally superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is orthogonally?
Orthogonally appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Orthogonally in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in an orthogonal manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | orthogonalement |
| Portuguese | ortogonalmente |
| Spanish | ortogonalmente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does orthogonally come from?
From orthogonal + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).