lengthways
adverb/ˈleŋkθweɪz/
/ˈleŋkθweɪz/
(British English) (also lengthwise
/ˈleŋkθwaɪz/
/ˈleŋkθwaɪz/
especially in North American English)- in the same direction as the longest side of something
- Cut the banana in half lengthways.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLengthways is used with these verbs:- cut
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