Usually means: Along the longest dimension direction.
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  1. lengthwise: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lengthwise: Merriam-Webster
  3. lengthwise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lengthwise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lengthwise: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lengthwise: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lengthwise, lengthwise: Wordnik
  8. lengthwise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lengthwise: Wiktionary
  10. lengthwise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lengthwise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lengthwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lengthwise: Dictionary.com
  14. lengthwise: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Lengthwise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. lengthwise: Rhymezone
  17. Lengthwise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. lengthwise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. lengthwise: FreeDictionary.org
  20. lengthwise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. lengthwise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lengthwise)

▸ adjective:  In the long direction of an oblong object.
▸ adverb:  In the long direction of an oblong object.

Similar:
lengthways, longwise, longitudinally, linear, axial, longways, running, fore-and-aft, widthwise, widthways, more...

Opposite:
widthwise, crosswise, horizontally

Types:
widthwise, crosswise, sideways, diagonally, perpendicular, parallel, perpendicular to, more...

Adjectives:
open, halved, middle, striped, splitting, curved, long, straight, striated, ribbed, grooved

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Similar:
lengthways, longwise, longitudinally, linear, axial, longways, running, fore-and-aft, widthwise, widthways, more...

Opposite:
widthwise, crosswise, horizontally

Types:
widthwise, crosswise, sideways, diagonally, perpendicular, parallel, perpendicular to, more...

Adjectives:
open, halved, middle, striped, splitting, curved, long, straight, striated, ribbed, grooved



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