lengthwise

English

Etymology

length +‎ -wise

Adjective

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.

Translations

adjective: in the long direction

• Czech: podélný
• Finnish: pitkittäinen (fi)

• Japanese: 縦 (ja) (tate), 長手方向 (nagate hōkō)

Adverb

lengthwise (not comparable)

1. In the long direction of an oblong object.

   Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.

Translations

adverb: in the long direction

• Burmese: လျားလျား (my) (lya:lya:) (formal, literary)
• Catalan: al llarg
• Finnish: pitkittäin
• Italian: per lungo
• Latin: longitrorsus

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: på langs

  Nynorsk: på langs

• Russian: продо́льный (ru) m (prodólʹnyj)
• Spanish: a lo largo