All 3 Uses
vertical
in
Lord of the Flies
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- The small boy squatted in front of Ralph, looking up brightly and vertically.†
p. 18.1 *vertically = with an orientation that is straight up and down (90 degrees relative to the floor)
- The bat was the child's shadow, shrunk by the vertical sun to a patch between the hurrying feet.†
p. 19.1vertical = straight up and down
- The sun had swung over the vertical and the afternoon heat was closing in on the island.†
p. 109.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(vertical) oriented straight up and down
(When you are standing, you could be thought of as vertical. When lying down, you could be thought of as horizontal.) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)