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antwise

antwise adverb: in the manner of an ant or ants.

Adverb

antwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of an ant or ants.
    • Near the margin of the city where the glittering water reaches long fingers in between the wharves, a crowd of people push, antwise, down to the brink.1918, William Beebe, Jungle Peace
  2. In terms of ants.
    • Antwise, the news from Dinghushan is very encouraging. In less than two days of very unsystematic searching in September 1995, I found 38 species. Of these there were five I have never come across in Hong Kong.1992, Porcupine! (issues 1-25, page 21)

Origin of antwise

From ant + -wise.

Questions about antwise

What does antwise mean?
Antwise means in the manner of an ant or ants.
What part of speech is antwise?
Antwise is an adverb.

Words near antwise in the dictionary

  1. Antwerpians
  2. Antwi
  3. Antwine
  4. Antwines
  5. Antwis
  6. antwise
  7. Antwon
  8. Antwone
  9. antwren
  10. antwrens
  11. anty

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