lengthwise

English

Etymology

From length +‎ -wise.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.

Translations

adjective: in the long direction

Bulgarian: надлъж (nadlǎž) Czech: podélný Finnish: pitkittäinen (fi) Irish: ar a fhad Japanese: 縦 (ja) (tate), 長手方向 (nagate hōkō) Polish: wzdłuż (pl) Russian: продо́льный (ru) (prodólʹnyj) Sikkimese: སྐྱུད (skyud) Ukrainian: поздо́вжній (pozdóvžnij), подо́вжній (podóvžnij)

Adverb

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.

Derived terms

• one-half lengthwise

Translations

adverb: in the long direction

Bulgarian: по дължина (po dǎlžina) Burmese: လျားလျား (my) (lya:lya:) (formal, literary) Catalan: al llarg Finnish: pitkittäin (fi) Ingrian: pitkittee Irish: ar a fhad Italian: per lungo Latin: longitrorsus Norwegian: Bokmål: på langs (no) Nynorsk: på langs Polish: wzdłuż (pl) Russian: продо́льный (ru) m (prodólʹnyj) Spanish: a lo largo

See also

• depthwise
• heightwise
• widthwise