longways

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
adverb in the direction of the length

From long + -ways.

45 Longways, Whitechapel; that the writer was ill, unable to stir; that he would be in London within eight-and-forty hours at furthest. — The Amazing Marriage — Complete, George Meredith
Minnie slipped to her uncle and whispered that everyone was very disagreeable to-day, and that it was not her fault if dahlia-strings would tear longways instead of across. — A Room with a View, E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

longways dance

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