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lengthways
[ lengkth-weyz, length-, lenth- ]
lengthways
/ ˈlɛŋkθˌweɪz; ˈlɛŋθ- /
adverb
- in, according to, or along the direction of length
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lengthways1
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Example Sentences
Begin at the wrist, and rub lengthways towards the end of the fingers, holding the glove firmly in your right-hand.
Rinse it through a clean, lukewarm water; wring it lengthways, and stretch it well.
In hanging it out on a line do not suspend it in festoons, but spread it along the line straight and lengthways.
Lengthways curtailèd to her taste A tunic circumvents her waist, And soothly it is passing chaste.
The sofa was placed lengthways on the cart, so that the two passengers when seated thereon travelled sideways.
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