Definition of Flatlong

1. adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise.

Definition of Flatlong

1. Adverb. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flatlong

1. flatling [adv] - See also: flatling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flatlong

flatlander
flatlanders
flatlands
flatleaf
flatlet
flatlets
flatline
flatlined
flatliner
flatliners
flatlines
flatling
flatlings
flatlining
flatlock
flatlong (current term)
flatly
flatmate
flatmates
flatness
flatnesses
flatour
flatours
flatpack
flatpacks
flats
flatscape
flatscreen
flatscreens
flatshare

Literary usage of Flatlong

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"flatlong, flat'long. ad. With the flat downwards, not edgewise. To FLAT, flat. vn To grow flat, op- posed to swell; ..."

2. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"An it had not fallen flatlong." GON. You are gentlemen of brave mettle; you would lift the moon out of her sphere, if she would continue in it five weeks ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"... another and very decided advantage is, that meeting the head flatlong, there is no risk of indenting the skull or cutting the scalp. ..."

4. Words and Their Ways in English Speech by James Bradstreet Greenough, George Lyman Kittredge (1901)
"But the name means simply ' implements carried in a tweeze or case ' (Fr. In headlong, flatlong, and sidelong the old suffix -ling (preserved in darkling} ..."

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