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barwise

barwise adverb: horizontally.

barwise: horizontally
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Adverb

barwise (comparative more barwise, superlative most barwise)

  1. Horizontally.

Proper noun capitalized: Barwise

Barwise (countable and uncountable, plural Barwises)

  1. A surname from Old English.
  2. An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Texas, United States.

Forms of barwise

Adverb
comparativemore barwise
superlativemost barwise
Proper noun
pluralBarwises

Origin of barwise

From bar + -wise.

Habitational surname from a minor place in Westmorland, from Old English beorgas, plural form of beorg (“mountain, hill”).

Questions about barwise

What does barwise mean?
Barwise means horizontally.
What part of speech is barwise?
Barwise can be an adverb or a proper noun.

Words near barwise in the dictionary

  1. Barwicks
  2. barwide
  3. Barwidgee
  4. barwing
  5. barwings
  6. barwise
  7. Barwises
  8. barwit
  9. Barwite
  10. barwits
  11. barwoman

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