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lengthwise

adverb as in in the direction of the length

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Example Sentences

Trim the fennel bulbs, cut lengthwise in half, and cut out most of the core.

Split one Tahitian vanilla bean lengthwise and place in heatproof bottle.

Pull the peppers apart, lengthwise, into halves or large sections, collecting the juices in the platter.

Cut the squash lengthwise into quarters and then cut the quarters in half lengthwise to give boat-shaped wedges of squash.

This cloth was doubled lengthwise, not down the center but so that one fold was deeper than the other.

The island was some thirteen miles long, lying lengthwise with its head pointing about northeast and the foot southwest.

Each of these divides again by mitosis (the chromosomes splitting lengthwise), the half or haploid number remaining.

The grain of the outside veneer runs lengthwise, while that of the inside piece runs crosswise.

Boil eight eggs hard; shell them, and cut a thin slice off the bottom of each, cut each into four lengthwise.

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On this page you'll find 15 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lengthwise, such as: along, alongside, endlong, fore and aft, from end to end, and from head to foot.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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