longwise

1. 1.

   in the direction of the length

   “He cut the paper lengthwise”

   Synonymslengthwayslengthwiselongwayslongitudinally

Questions about longwise

What does longwise mean?

longwise means "in the direction of the length".

How many syllables are in longwise?

longwise has 2 syllables: lon-gwise. The stress falls on "lon".

What is another word for longwise?

Close synonyms include lengthways, lengthwise, 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.

Is longwise a common word?

longwise 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.