Definition of "longwise" [long•wise]

• Lengthwise. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I dropped down on that trail with my 85 Toyota 4x4 pick up in July 86 and when I turned around to head back up, someone putt sticks longwise across for added traction which aided until one of the sticks got caught in my emergency brake cable causing my rear brakes to lock up but I was able in low range to continue without stopping."
• "Lying, also dressed and also across the bed, not longwise, are a Chinaman, a Lascar, and a haggard woman."
• "Too much of him longwise, too little of him broadwise, and too many sharp angles of him anglewise."