Explore Longways through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lengthwise or lengthways. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Longways in a sentence
Longways meaning
Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
Synonyms of Longways
Using Longways
- The main meaning on this page is: Lengthwise, in the longer direction.
- Useful related words include: longways dance, longwise, lengthwise, lengthways.
Context around Longways
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Longways
- In this selection, "longways" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, aubergine, adding, set and formation stand out and add context to how "longways" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is the longways set in and lengthwise to longways adding risers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "longways" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with longways
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cut the peeled aubergine longways into quarters. (7 words)
However the most common formation is the "longways" set in which men and women form two lines facing each other. (20 words)
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. (26 words)
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. (35 words)
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. (26 words)
However the most common formation is the "longways" set in which men and women form two lines facing each other. (20 words)
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.