All 3 Uses of
horizontal
in
Great Expectations
- The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed.†
Chpt 1 *horizontal = in line with the floor, horizon, or another flat base
- The marshes were just a long black horizontal line then, as I stopped to look after him; and the river was just another horizontal line, not nearly so broad nor yet so black; and the sky was just a row of long angry red lines and dense black lines intermixed.†
Chpt 1
- Wemmick leaned back in his chair, staring at me, with his hands in the pockets of his trousers, and his pen put horizontally into the post.†
Chpt 51horizontally = in a manner that is in line with the floor, horizon, or another flat base
Definition:
in line with the floor, horizon, or another flat base
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.)