linearly
adverb/ˈlɪniəli/
/ˈlɪniərli/
- in a line or in lines
- The house is a long structure, with rooms linearly arranged.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLinearly is used with these adjectives:- related
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- in a way that involves going from one thing to another in a single series of stages
- The complex narrative structure has a deeper impact than if the story were told linearly.
- (mathematics) in a way that can be represented by a straight line on a graph
- Temperatures increased linearly as depths increased.
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