length·wise

[lengkth-wahyz, length-, lenth-]
adverb, adjective
in the direction of the length.

Origin:
1570–80; length + -wise

Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source Link To lengthwise
Collins
World English Dictionary
lengthways or lengthwise (ˈlɛŋkθˌweɪz, ˈlɛŋθ-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv, —adj
in, according to, or along the direction of length
 
lengthwise or lengthwise
 
adv, —adj

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Lengthwise is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
Example sentences
Prepare squash by cutting it in half lengthwise or in large chunks.
Takes open corners and folds cover lengthwise again.
Halve apples lengthwise and remove core with a melon-ball cutter or a paring
  knife.
Have them cut the stem lengthwise to view the plant pipes.
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT