horizontal

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Borrowed from Middle French horizontal, from horizon, horizonte, from Latin horizōn (stem horizont-).

He recovered himself fully when he felt himself horizontal and motionless. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
The back of the front seat was hinged, and dropped back to horizontal. — The Trail of the Hawk: A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life, Sinclair Lewis
After all, Count, your own exit is more likely to be perpendicular than horizontal. — The case-book of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle

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