Usually means: Moving in straight lines only.
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  1. rectilinearly: Merriam-Webster
  2. rectilinearly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. rectilinearly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rectilinearly: Vocabulary.com
  5. rectilinearly: Wordnik
  6. rectilinearly: Wiktionary
  7. rectilinearly: Dictionary.com
  8. rectilinearly: FreeDictionary.org
  9. rectilinearly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. rectilinearly: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rectilinearly)

▸ adverb:  In a rectilinear fashion.

Similar:
rectilineally, rectangularly, linearly, quadrilinearly, antilinearly, quadrilaterally, curvilinearly, planarly, diagonalwise, unilinearly, more...

Opposite:
curvilinearly, non-linearly, organically

Types:
straight, linear, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unfolded, unfurled, unwarped, more...

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Similar:
rectilineally, rectangularly, linearly, quadrilinearly, antilinearly, quadrilaterally, curvilinearly, planarly, diagonalwise, unilinearly, more...

Opposite:
curvilinearly, non-linearly, organically

Types:
straight, linear, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unfolded, unfurled, unwarped, more...



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