bedwise
bedwise adverb: with regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex.
Adverb
bedwise (not comparable)
- With regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex.
- I mean, every woman there from sixteen to eighty was giving him the what-about-it-sign and I — let's be honest — had nothing bedwise to offer.1997, R[onald] Chetwynd-Hayes, “Rudolph”, in Stephen Jones, editor, The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium, London: Robinson Publishing, →ISBN, page 302
- While the others got sorted out bedwise, Madeleine and Élodie lingered on in the kitchen and helped Clemency clear up the remains of the meal.1999, Carol Smith, Family Reunion, New York, N.Y.: Mysterious Press, →ISBN, page 180
Examples of bedwise in a sentence
- 'What I didn't...still don't understand is why you held off from trying me out, bedwise, before taking me on as a wife,' said Liz.2002, Anne Weale [pseudonym; Jay Blakeney], A Spanish Honeymoon, Richmond: Mills & Boon, →ISBN, page 277:
- She sitting here behind a crossbar and what of Joe Lanigan, sprawling bedwise with his nurse-whore?2009, Megan Abbott, Bury Me Deep, Waterville, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 300:
Origin of bedwise
From bed + -wise.
Questions about bedwise
- What does bedwise mean?
- Bedwise means with regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex.
- How do you use bedwise in a sentence?
- 'What I didn't...still don't understand is why you held off from trying me out, bedwise, before taking me on as a wife,' said Liz.
- What part of speech is bedwise?
- Bedwise is an adverb.
Words near bedwise in the dictionary
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