Definition of Longways

1. Adverb. In the direction of the length. "He cut the paper lengthwise"


2. Noun. Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other.
Exact synonyms: Longways Dance
Generic synonyms: Contra Danse, Contradance, Contredanse, Country Dancing, Country-dance
Specialized synonyms: Reel, Virginia Reel

Definition of Longways

1. adv. Lengthwise.

Definition of Longways

1. Adverb. Lengthwise, in the longer direction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Longways

1. longwise [adv] - See also: longwise

Lexicographical Neighbors of Longways

longterm
longtime
longtime(a)
longtimer
longtimers
longueur
longueurs
longulite
longulites
longus capitis
longus colli muscle
longwall
longwalls
longward
longwave
longways (current term)
longways dance
longwinded
longwindedly
longwindedness
longwise
longwool
longwools
longyi
lonicera
loniceras
lonidamine
lonnen
lonnens
lonnin

Literary usage of Longways

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

1. English Hunger and Industrial Disorders: A Study of Social Conflict During by Walter James Shelton (1902)
"If I were sure o't I'd lay information,' said longways emphatically. ' 'Tis too rough a joke, and apt to wake riots in towns. We know that the Scotchman is ..."

2. Syllabus and Manual of Physical Training for Public Schools by Laurence Samuel Hill (1917)
"Formations: " longways for as many as will"—about five feet between lines and ... longways for six "—three couples. " longways for eight "—four couples. ..."

3. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... over those floats than might have been needed, because he rejoiced in the corners, they being square, and the streaks in his head all running longways. ..."

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