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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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noun

The giving of credentials.

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Dictionary Entry

lengthwise

Part of Speechadjective

In the long direction of an oblong object.

In a Sentence

“A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. lengthwisealong lengthwiselengthwise halflengthwise cutlengthwise runninglengthwise splitlengthwise halvedlengthwise placed
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Synonyms

axiallongitudinallengthwayslongitudinallylongwayslongwise

Antonyms

crosswise

Related Words

linearrunning

Poetry examples for “lengthwise”

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