| Collaterally 1. (adv.) Side by side; by the side. 2. (adv.) In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. 3. (adv.) In collateral relation; not lineally. Thesaurus Entries abeam, acquainted, along by, alongside, au courant, au fait, beside, by, coextensively, collaterally, contemporary, conversant, equidistantly, in parallel, informed, nondivergently, parallelly, parallelwise, red-hot, side-by-side, up, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute, versed | ![]() |