What does endwise mean?
Definitions for endwise
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Princeton's WordNet
endways, endwiseadverb
on end or upright
"sticks leaning against the wall endways"
endways, endwiseadverb
in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise
"endways pressure"
endways, endwise, end onadverb
with the end forward or toward the observer
"houses built endways"
Wiktionary
endwiseadverb
upright, or standing on end
endwiseadverb
with the end towards the front or towards the observer
endwiseadverb
towards the ends
endwiseadjective
On-end; upright; pertaining or relating to the end.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Endwiseadverb
Erectly; uprightly; on end.
Etymology: end and wise.
A rude and unpolished America, peopled with slothful and naked Indians, living in pitiful huts and cabbins, made of poles set endwise. John Ray, on the Creation.
ChatGPT
endwise
Endwise generally refers to something being positioned or oriented in a direction or manner that the end, rather than the side, faces forward or upward. It could also refer to the movement or arrangement of an object or person in line with its length.
Webster Dictionary
Endwiseadverb
on end; erectly; in an upright position
Endwiseadverb
with the end forward
Anagrams for endwise »
wisened
sinewed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of endwise in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of endwise in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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