flatwise

American  

[flat-wahyz] / ˈflætˌwaɪz /

Also flatways

adverb

1. with the flat side, rather than the edge, foremost or in contact.

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Etymology

Origin of flatwise

First recorded in 1595–1605; flat ¹ + -wise

Example Sentences

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flatwise

Nine chances out of ten, if Donnegan had fallen flatwise upon this alert enemy, he would have received those knees in the pit of his own stomach and instantly been paralyzed.

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max

A large arrow-head of chalcedony has been bound with cords of cotton flatwise along one side of the body.

From Zuñi Fetiches Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 3-45 by Cushing, Frank Hamilton

Then came the fat oblong envelope, with its official seal, that dropped flatwise to the floor with a sodden, dull impact.

From McTeague by Norris, Frank

"Mr. Morton doesn't flatter," said Mrs. Bowen thoughtfully, turning the feather screen she held at her face, now edgewise, now flatwise, toward Colville.

From Indian Summer by Howells, William Dean

Instead of living edgewise, so to speak, we should be spread out flatwise.

From The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure by Gardner, E. C. (Eugene Clarence)