longways

American  

[lawng-weyz, long-] / ˈlɔŋˌweɪz, ˈlɒŋ- /

adverb

1. longwise.

2. Dance. in two long lines with the couples facing each other.

   to perform a country dance longways.

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adjective

1. longwise.

longways British  

/ ˈlɒŋˌweɪz, ˈlɒŋˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. another word for lengthways

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Etymology

Origin of longways

First recorded in 1580–90; long ¹ + -ways

Example Sentences

He dresses casually for work - chinos, checked shirts - and in his back pocket is almost always a sheet of white paper, folded longways, with a list of patients he’ll see that day.

From Washington Times • Dec. 23, 2017

He dresses casually for work — chinos, checked shirts — and in his back pocket is almost always a sheet of white paper, folded longways, with a list of patients he’ll see that day.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2017

Dances would take place in longways sets, facing your partner in a long line, and the highest-ranking person in the room - probably Mr Darcy - would have danced nearest to the orchestra.

From BBC • May 10, 2013

We fell some of the big trees and split the logs longways into planks, making clapboards.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

The same Stroke longways, parallel with the Tract, is equivalent to four of the foregoing Strokes, and takes up four Measures of the Tune.

From Orchesography Or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures by Weaver, John