longways

[ lawng-weyz, long- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

longwise.
Dance. in two long lines with the couples facing each other:
to perform a country dance longways.

longways

/ ˈlɒŋˌweɪz; ˈlɒŋˌwaɪz /

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

They lay longways behind a raised artificial bank on our side of the river.

The fat is to be cut from the aforesaid angular bit in slices, longways.

Take a sheet of stiffish paper about the size of this page and fold it longways, exactly double.

A good French salad is also always decorated with one or more hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters, longways.

It was a full sheet of cream-laid, folded longways into a narrow strip to go through the bottle's neck.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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