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adv. - In the direction of the length.

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  • He halved each longwise, cut each half crosswise, scraped the results into the kettle.
  • Too much of him longwise, too little of him broadwise, and too many sharp angles of him anglewise.
  • After half an hour Pippin said: 'I hope we have not turned too much towards the south, and are not walking longwise through this wood!
  • I dropped down on that trail with my 85 Toyota 4x4 pick up in July 86 and when I turned around to head back up, someone putt sticks longwise across for added traction...
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