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lengthwise

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length·wise  (lngkthwz, lngth-, lnth-)
adv. & adj.
Of, along, or in reference to the direction of the length; longitudinally.
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Adj.1.lengthwise - running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; "the lengthwise dimension"
lengthways
crosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"
Adv.1.lengthwise - in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper lengthwise"
lengthways, longways, longwise, longitudinally
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It will have been seen that the Heidelburgh Tun of the Sperm Whale embraces the entire length of the entire top of the head; and since --as has been elsewhere set forth --the head embraces one third of the whole length of the creature, then setting that length down at eighty feet for a good sized whale, you have more than twenty-six feet for the depth of the tun, when it is lengthwise hoisted up and down against a ship's side.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Would he not far rather lay him down lengthwise along the line of the equator; yea, ye gods
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
After a brief consultation--whether to take the rows lengthwise or diagonally--Prohor Yermilin, also a renowned mower, a huge, black-haired peasant, went on ahead.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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