lengthways

[ lengkth-weyz, length-, lenth- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

lengthways

/ ˈlɛŋθ-; ˈlɛŋkθˌweɪz /

First recorded in 1590–1600; length + -ways

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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