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endwise

endwise adverb: upright, or standing on end.

Adverb

endwise (comparative more endwise, superlative most endwise)

  1. Upright, or standing on end.
  2. With the end towards the front or towards the observer.
  3. Towards the ends.

Adjective

endwise (comparative more endwise, superlative most endwise)

  1. On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.
    • ... modes to the exclusion of either radial arms or any specific curve, my invention not referring to these modes, but to neutralising the endwise pressure on the axis, as more particularly stated hereinafter in my claim of invention.1855, The Repertory of patent inventions
    • But the same slender member in bending and not in endwise compression can stand an extreme fiber stress several ...1914, Engineering news

Synonyms of endwise

All synonyms of endwise

Forms of endwise

Adverb
comparativemore endwise
superlativemost endwise
Adjective
comparativemore endwise
superlativemost endwise

Origin of endwise

From end + -wise.

Questions about endwise

What does endwise mean?
Endwise means upright, or standing on end.
What part of speech is endwise?
Endwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near endwise in the dictionary

  1. endwards
  2. endware
  3. endwares
  4. endways
  5. Endwell
  6. endwise
  7. endwork
  8. endworks
  9. Endy
  10. endyma
  11. endymal

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