breadthways
- adverb
- Archaic
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- The fabric should be folded breadthways before cutting out the pattern.
Examples
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Lay the planks breadthways to cover the entire width of the floor.
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The tablecloth was placed breadthways across the table for a different look.
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The river flows breadthways across the valley.
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You should place the table breadthways in the dining room.
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Lay the planks breadthways to cover the entire width of the floor.
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The fabric should be folded breadthways before cutting out the pattern.
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You should place the table breadthways in the dining room.
Synonyms
295
1.0
From one side of something to the other side
100
2.1
At or toward the side instead of straight ahead
24
3.7
Moving left and right repeatedly from a middle point
8
5.0
To the side, moving in a sideways way
1
9.9
From one side of a place to the other, like a path
1
4.6
In a direction that is toward one side rather than forward or backward
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6.6
To the side or at an angle
Across the width of something rather than along its length
Across the wide side of something rather than along its length
In a place across something so it lies from one side to the other
Across something instead of along it, sometimes meaning wrong or not as planned
To move toward one side
In a way that moves toward the side
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breadthways comes from breadth ('width'), the same root you see in broad, plus ways ('direction'). So it means 'across the width', like folding a towel breadthways from one short side to the other.