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endwise

ADJECTIVE

last

Synonyms

STRONG

antipodal closing concluding crowning curtains determinative end ending extreme far finishing lag latest least terminal ultimate utmost uttermost

WEAK

aftermost at the end bitter end climactic conclusive definitive determinate eventual far-off farthest furthest hindmost lowest meanest most recent once and for all outermost rearmost remotest supreme swan song ulterior

Antonyms

STRONG

beginning middle moderate opening

WEAK

first front initial introductory oldest primary starting

Example Sentences

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It was carefully arranged out of the eyes of peacock feathers, exactly as if a stiff peacock fan had been erected endwise on his head.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Another plan is to let the back gear move endwise and bush its bearing holes with hardened steel bushes.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The work is held in a pair of vice jaws operated by the hand wheel shown, and this vice is moved endwise in its slideways on the bed by means of the vertical lever shown.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The shell d is secured to h by the screws i, which pass through slots in a, and therefore move endwise when h is operated by its hand-lever.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

Here and there stone slabs stuck up, planted endwise in the earth like gravestones in a cemetery.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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