3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
lengthwise
adjective: running or extending in the direction of the length of a
thing; "the lengthwise dimension" [syn: {lengthways}]
[ant: {crosswise}]
adverb: in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper
lengthwise" [syn: {lengthways}, {longwise}, {longways},
{longitudinally}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lengthways \Length"ways'\ (-w[=a]z'), Lengthwise \Length"wise'\
(-w[imac]z'), adverb
In the direction of the length; running or extending in the
direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal
direction. Contrasted with {crosswise}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "lengthwise":
along, at full length, at length, endlong, endways, endwise,
evenly, flat, flatly, flatways, flatwise, flush, horizontally,
in length, lengthways, level, longitudinally, longways, longwise,
on a level
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