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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