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birdwise

birdwise adverb: in the manner of a bird.

Adverb

birdwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a bird.
    • What human have you seen flying birdwise like these ones? These creatures flew in here!2007, Christel N. Temple, Literary Spaces: Introduction to Comparative Black Literature, page 453

Adjective

birdwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a bird.
    • He looked very cute as he flew or hopped from place to place on the furniture or on the floor or sat in our hands turning his head askance in birdwise fashion.1918, Christian Advocate, volume 79, numbers 1-26, page 30

Origin of birdwise

From bird + -wise.

Questions about birdwise

What does birdwise mean?
Birdwise means in the manner of a bird.
What part of speech is birdwise?
Birdwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near birdwise in the dictionary

  1. Birdwell
  2. Birdwells
  3. Birdwhistell
  4. birdwing
  5. birdwings
  6. birdwise
  7. birdwoman
  8. birdwomen
  9. Birdwood
  10. Birdwoodton
  11. birdy

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