Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With the flat side downward; not edgewise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb With the
flat sidedownward ; notedgewise .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
flat + long
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Examples
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Joy, since words were out of the question, administered a corporeal admonition with his sword flatlong, and Damaris
Margaret 1851
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