Longitudinally \Lon`gi*tu"di*nal*ly\, adv. In the direction of length.
longitudinally
adv 1: across time; "We studied the development of the children
longitudinally"
2: in the direction of the length; "He cut the paper
lengthwise" [syn: {lengthways}, {lengthwise}, {longwise},
{longways}]
3: with respect to longitude; "longitudinally measured"