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longways

long·ways
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lawng-weyz, long-]
    • /ˈlɔŋˌweɪz, ˈlɒŋ-/
    • /ˈlɒŋ.weɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawng-weyz, long-]
    • /ˈlɔŋˌweɪz, ˈlɒŋ-/

Definitions of longways word

  • abbreviation LONGWAYS longwise. 1
  • adverb longways Dance. in two long lines with the couples facing each other: to perform a country dance longways. 1
  • abbreviation LONGWAYS longwise. 1
  • noun longways Lengthwise, in the longer direction. 1
  • abbreviation LONGWAYS lengthwise 0

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Origin of longways

First appearance:

before 1580
One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; long1 + -ways

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Parts of speech for Longways

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

longways popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for longways

adj longways

  • angular — Angular things have shapes that seem to contain a lot of straight lines and sharp points.
  • athwart — transversely; from one side to another
  • awry — If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned.
  • crisscross — to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.

adjective longways

  • across — If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other.

Antonyms for longways

adj longways

  • head on — (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision.
  • lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.

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