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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: on end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways" [syn: endways, endwise]
2: in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure" [syn: endways, endwise]
3: with the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways" [syn: endways, endwise, end on]

Merriam Webster's

adverb or adjective Date: circa 1608 1. in or toward the direction of the ends ; lengthwise <endways pressure> 2. with the end forward (as toward the observer) 3. on end ; upright <boxes set endways>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv. 1 with its end uppermost or foremost or turned towards the viewer. 2 end to end.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Endways End"ways`, Endwise End"wise, adv. 1. On end; erectly; in an upright position. 2. With the end forward.

Moby Thesaurus

adjacent, adjoining, along, at attention, at length, bolt upright, bordering, connecting, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, end to end, endlong, endwise, erectly, face to face, immediate, in length, joined, juxtaposed, juxtapositional, juxtapositive, lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longways, longwise, neighbor, neighboring, next, on end, right on end, up, up on end, upright, uprightly, upstandingly