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: lengthwise
the books lie upright, longways, or diagonally on the shelves—Stephen Spender
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dancing
: in two straight lines
this number is danced longways
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variants
or longways dance
or less commonly longway
or longway dance
ˈ⸗ˌ⸗
: a folk dance in which the basic formation is two lines of couples facing each other usually with men on one side and women on the other compare contredance
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