longwise

Definitions

Examples

• He sank two lumps of sugar deftly longwise through the whipped cream.

• Here may be seen columns of verd antique, porphyry and valuable marbles, built longwise into the thickness of the wall.

• He had hardly time to twist his paddle around longwise and duck his head when the current sucked him under the cliff.

• The next thing was to select one of the silken curtains, which I could divide longwise, and tie the ends together.

• Too much of him longwise, too little of him broadwise, and too many sharp angles of him angle-wise.