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lengthways

adj · adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: L EH1 NG TH W EY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

lengthwise

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

lengthwise

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the lengthwise dimension

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lengthwise

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

in the direction of the length

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He cut the paper lengthwise

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lengthwise, longwise, longways, longitudinally

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From length + -ways.