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Longways
Longways meaning
Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
Synonyms of Longways
Example sentences (4)
The small black-box theater space has turned its orientation from lengthwise to longways, adding risers for the chairs, which from an audience perspective presents challenges.
Cut the peeled aubergine longways into quarters.
However the most common formation is the "longways" set in which men and women form two lines facing each other.
In early dances, where the hey is called a "double hey", it works to interpret this as an oval hey, like the modern circular hey but adapted to the straight sides of a longways formation.