Adverb : to perform a country dance longways. From Dictionary.com.
When the lift went up, he was cut in half longways. From Wordnik.com. [ascenseur] Reference
Slice morel mushrooms longways, wash gently on inside and out. From Wordnik.com. [A sick pup and weekend meals by Jim] Reference
Then a layer of cold chorizo sausage sliced longways very finely. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
I hope they raise a million dollars--all in ones folded longways. From Wordnik.com. [Canada Leads the Way] Reference
He cut the sturgeon in half, longways, and took his half with him. From Wordnik.com. [The Plains of Passage]
With a sharp knife split the vanilla bean longways down the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
They lay longways behind a raised artificial bank on our side of the river. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
At 4.5 pounds and 18 inches around longways, it was pretty hard to miss. From Wordnik.com. [West Virginia Hunter Finds Giant Egg, Prankster Comes Forward] Reference
Cut them longways, so as to be able to take out the threads from the inside of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference
I pulled my easel's support-strut to full extension and set up the blank canvas longways. From Wordnik.com. [Duma Key]
He pulled a ten from his wallet, crisply folded longways down the middle, and handed it to Mary. From Wordnik.com. [First Daredevil fanfic] Reference
Cut the bananas in half longways including the skin, and place skin side down on a hot frypan/skillet. From Wordnik.com. [Fried Bananas] Reference
He looked at it longways and sideways, from above, from underneath, but in spite of all his attempts, no change could he discover. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-lore and Legends: German] Reference
Behind his back I leant down and picked up the towel-wrapped rifle, holding it longways with the stock to my chest and the flap of my jacket falling over it. From Wordnik.com. [Twice shy]
Cut these into slices, longways and put to one side. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Maybe a crazy scarf knit longways with tons of fringe?. From Wordnik.com. [sock prØn.] Reference
The head has many spots, and the body is regularly streaked longways. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time.] Reference
Avl. City boundary splits UNCA running track longways down the middle. From Wordnik.com. [News] Reference
They do it all sideway instead of longways and it is just soooo different. From Wordnik.com. [Toytown Germany - Germany feed] Reference
"We'll carry these longways," Sabre directed, when the first one was tackled. From Wordnik.com. [If Winter Comes] Reference
Then we might tear up our sashes longways, knot them together, and slip down. From Wordnik.com. [The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib] Reference
The surgeon at once cut off the foot of one of Desmond's boots, and then divided the leg longways. From Wordnik.com. [In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain] Reference
A trench is dug from one end of the field to the other, and in it longways are laid two rows of cane. From Wordnik.com. [Old Jack] Reference
A good French salad is also always decorated with one or more hard-boiled eggs, cut into quarters, longways. From Wordnik.com. [Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet] Reference
"Take the sheet of paper, and fold it into thirds, longways," Wade explained to the crowds of excited students. From Wordnik.com. Reference
S physically hearing that we run out of fastest firmware for coaching, longways in the intermediate jail, and behind for palms. From Wordnik.com. [about-electronics.eu] Reference
What we do is buy a vanilla bean from a store called The Home Economist, split it longways and place in a pint bottle of mid grade vodka. From Wordnik.com. [Ask MetaFilter] Reference
When a person is bitten by a poisonous snake, the bite must be opened by a cut of a lancet or razor longways, and the stone applied within twenty-four hours. From Wordnik.com. [A Strange Story — Complete] Reference
Pauline had measured them once with Miss Bibby's tape measure -- measured them "longways, and broadways, and fatways," and Benson's had been fully half an inch superior. From Wordnik.com. [In the Mist of the Mountains] Reference
But if the blades ever come loose, they’ll travel a longways. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Using Eminent Domain to Take Wind Rights] Reference
Should I double the recipe or do you think it’s a thick enough cake to slice longways into two layers?. From Wordnik.com. [One-Bowl Carrot Cake | Baking Bites] Reference
"We will lay them in the bottom of the boat, Luka, four longways and four crossways. From Wordnik.com. [Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia] Reference
Would it be, like … longways?. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
A card in Gascony), was making a pretty little merry windmill, cutting the card longways into four slips, and fastening them with. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
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