lengthwise
adverb
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L193900 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L338106 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English length Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lengthwise From length + -wise.
- In the long direction of an oblong object.
“A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English length Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lengthwise From length + -wise.
- In the long direction of an oblong object.
“Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.”