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English
Etymology
From bidirectional + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbaɪdɪˈɹɛkʃənəli/
- Hyphenation: bi‧di‧rec‧tion‧al‧ly
Adverb
bidirectionally (not comparable)
- In opposite directions.
2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:The whole of the South Shields branch passed to the Tyne & Wear Metro in 1984 under the Tyneside Metropolitan Rail Act 1973, apart from a short section that was divided into two bi-directionally signalled lines (although interconnected by a series of loops that allow Metro trains to pass each other).