lengthwise

1. 1.

   in the direction of the length

   “He cut the paper lengthwise”

   Synonymslengthwayslongwiselongwayslongitudinally

Other forms of lengthwise

comparative

lengthwiser·

superlative

lengthwisest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lengthwise

What does lengthwise mean?

lengthwise means "running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lengthwise?

lengthwise has 2 syllables: length-wise. The stress falls on "length". In IPA it is /ˈlɛŋˌθwaɪz/.

What is another word for lengthwise?

Close synonyms include lengthways, lengthways, longwise, longways, longitudinally. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of lengthwise?

The recorded antonyms are crosswise.

Is lengthwise a common word?

lengthwise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.