Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective Of, along, or in reference to the direction of the length; longitudinally.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the long direction of an
oblong object. - adverb In the long direction of an
oblong object.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in the direction of the length
- adjective running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing
Etymologies
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Examples
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He slid the knife in lengthwise beneath the skin and then ran a straight incision down the spine all the way to the tail, four feet distant.
Fish Story 2009
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The baby started frantically shaking his head back and forth – the only part of his body free to move – as the doctor used another clamp to crush the foreskin lengthwise, where he then cut.
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He slid the knife in lengthwise beneath the skin and then ran a straight incision down the spine all the way to the tail, four feet distant.
Fish Story 2009
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Cut each beet in lengthwise quarters, and each quarter into 3 wedges.
Archive 2008-02-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Cut each beet in lengthwise quarters, and each quarter into 3 wedges.
Recipe: Beet, Fennel, and Leek Salad with Lemon-Ginger Dressing (Παντζάρια, Μάραθο και Πράσο Σαλάτα με Πιπερόριζα Σάλτσα) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Cut off the stalks and leaves of the fennel, and cut the bulb in lengthwise quarters.
Recipe: Smoky Tunisian Oven-Roasted Vegetables with Tabil (Τυνησιακό Μπριάμ) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Cut off the stalks and leaves of the fennel, and cut the bulb in lengthwise quarters.
Archive 2008-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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Cut across the length, and then again lengthwise. so you have strips about 2-3 inches long.
London 5 - New Year's Eve Dinner aka TBTAM 2009
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She laid the bloody sword lengthwise in the basin, shaking her head.
The Lives of Felix Gunderson Sugu Althomsons 2010
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In December of the next year (1854) I traversed the Rama plain lengthwise, that is to say, from Tiberias to the plain of Acre.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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