endwise

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adverb

Upright, or standing on end.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

adverbendwise (comparative more endwise, superlative most endwise)

comparative more endwise · superlative most endwise

  1. Upright, or standing on end.
  2. With the end towards the front or towards the observer.
  3. Towards the ends.
adjectiveendwise (comparative more endwise, superlative most endwise)

comparative more endwise · superlative most endwise

  1. On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.

    But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ...

    1914, Engineering news
    1 more example

    ... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention.

    1855, The Repertory of patent inventions

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbon end or upright

Similar

adverbin or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise

Similar

adverbwith the end forward or toward the observer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂entíos
  3. Proto-Germanic*andijaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*andī
  5. Old Englishende
  6. Middle Englishende
  7. Englishend
  8. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  10. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-s-ós
  11. Proto-Germanic*wīsaz
  12. Englishendwise

From end + -wise.

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Cite this entry
APA

endwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endwise

MLA

“endwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endwise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endwise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endwise.

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