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Collaterally   Listen
adverb
Collaterally  adv.  
1.
Side by side; by the side. "These pulleys... placed collaterally."
2.
In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. "The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly."
3.
In collateral relation; not lineally.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Collaterally" Quotes from Famous Books



... law applied to some particular case in an obscure proceeding, the importance of his attack is concealed from the public gaze, his decision bears upon the interest of an individual, and if the law is slighted it is only collaterally. Moreover, although it is censured, it is not abolished; its moral force may be diminished, but its cogency is by no means suspended, and its final destruction can only be accomplished by the reiterated attacks of judicial functionaries. It will readily be understood that ...
— Democracy In America, Volume 1 (of 2) • Alexis de Tocqueville

... President as one of armistice or truce, and he announced that we can agree to no cessation or suspension of hostilities, except on the basis of the disbandment of the insurgent forces, and the restoration of the national authority throughout all the States in the Union. Collaterally, and in subordination to the proposition which was thus announced, the antislavery policy of the United States was reviewed in all its bearings, and the President announced that he must not be expected to depart from the positions he had heretofore assumed in his proclamation of emancipation ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... been more effective. Ambition spoke on the same side. It pointed out the opportunities offered, and dwelt upon them until the chairman nodded like one both convinced and determined. These had an assistant not exactly a passion but a kinsman collaterally—Love of Mischief—and when the others ceased, it insisted upon ...
— The Prince of India - Or - Why Constantinople Fell - Volume 2 • Lew. Wallace



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