adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 connected with the front of sth:
Air bags are designed to protect the driver in the event of a severe frontal impact. * full-frontal nudity (= showing the whole of the front of a person's body)
2 (frontal attack / assault) an attack or criticism that is very strong and direct:
They launched a frontal attack on company directors.
3 connected with a weather FRONT:
a cold frontal system
4 (medical) connected with the front part of the head:
the frontal lobes of the brain
frontally adverb
