rectangularwise

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adverb

In a rectangular orientation.

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Meanings

adverbrectangularwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a rectangular orientation.

    The principal front is 261 feet in length and 40 feet in height, with a tower in the centre surmounted by a lantern rising to the height of 92 feet; the tower is supported by three-stage buttresses with plain set-offs, placed rectangularwise […]

    1857, John Booker, A history of the ancient chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester parish, page 125

Origin

From rectangular + -wise.

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APA

rectangularwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectangularwise

MLA

“rectangularwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectangularwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rectangularwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rectangularwise.

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