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widthwise
[ width-wahyz, witth-, or, often, with- ]
widthwise
/ ˈwɪdθˌweɪz; ˈwɪdθˌwaɪz /
adverb
- in the direction of the width; from side to side
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of widthwise1
Example Sentences
But when pressure was applied widthwise, the level one gowns broke with less than 1 pound of force, and the level two gowns broke with less than 5, according to the study.
Working with one piece at a time, fold over the paper one-third of the way widthwise and crease firmly.
Kirk Brannan: At the camp, there’s two large dorms filled with bunk beds stacked end to end, three feet apart widthwise.
Lay poster widthwise on a table and place your nonwriting hand on one side, leaving at least a half-inch space from your middle finger at the poster’s top edge and another half inch from your pinkie on the poster’s side.
If a door were a solid piece of wood, or multiple planks edge-glued together, the widthwise changes in the wood fibers would make the door shrink enough to expose gaps on the side edges in dry weather and swell enough to stick in wet weather.
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