The Collaborative International Dictionary
Anteriorly \An*te"ri*or*ly\, adv. In an anterior manner; before.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 before (in time) 2 in front (in position) 3 towards the anterior
WordNet
adv. in an anterior direction
Usage examples of "anteriorly".
Occlusion was pronounced and her upper left cuspid was pointed anteriorly and slightly outward.
She was delivered of a normal living child, with the exception that the helix of the left ear was pushed anteriorly, and had, in its middle, a deep incision, which also traversed the antihelix and the tragus, and continued over the cheek toward the nose, where it terminated.
The inter-orbital portion of the skull is narrower anteriorly and posteriorly, and the muzzle is narrow at the base, and of nearly equal breadth throughout.
The bar had entered posteriorly between the 9th and 10th ribs of the left side, and had traversed the thorax in an upward and outward direction, coming out anteriorly between the 5th and 6th ribs, about an inch below and slightly external to the nipple.