lengthways

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adjective

lengthwise

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Meanings

adjectivelengthways (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelengthwise

    Threads of silk and cotton are so arranged in parallel lines, lengthways with the note, and embodied in the substance of the paper during its manufacture.

    1847, editorial staff, “Method of Preserving the Denominations of a Bank Bill from being Altered”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
adverblengthways (not comparable)
  1. not comparablelengthwise

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverunning or extending in the direction of the length of a thing

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lengthwiseaxialend-to-endfore-and-aftlinearrunning

adverbin the direction of the length

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lengthwiselongwiselongwayslongitudinally
Also see
axialend-to-endfore-and-aftlengthwiselinearlongitudinallongitudinallylongwayslongwiserunning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From length + -ways.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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