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adv. - With the end forward or toward the observer; In or toward the direction of the ends; On end or upright.

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Usage examples (28)
  • In one of Lincoln's earliest military problems was involved the process of getting his company "endwise" through a gate.
  • "endwise" by Mr. Hurley's practised fists after Hayne was struck down by the corporal's musket.
  • Thorby turned and started dodging traffic endwise.
  • It was made of gigantic boulders stabbed endwise into the ground.
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