Lengthways

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lengthways \Length"ways`\ (-w[=a]z`), Lengthwise \Length"wise`\
     (-w[imac]z`), adv.
     In the direction of the length; running or extending in the
     direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal
     direction. Contrasted with {crosswise}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lengthways
       adj : running or extending in the direction of the length of a
             thing; "the lengthwise dimension" [syn: {lengthwise}]
             [ant: {crosswise}]
       adv : in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper
             lengthwise" [syn: {lengthwise}, {longwise}, {longways},
              {longitudinally}]