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bookwise

bookwise adverb: in the manner of a book.

Adverb

bookwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a book.
    • [S]he strode to the middle of the room the paper held and folded book-wise in her hands.1878, Bret Harte, “The Man on the Beach”, in Drift From Two Shores
    • Unknown to the audience, the left fingers have tilted the two red top cards open bookwise […]1977, Theodore Annemann, Annemann's Card Magic, page 22
    Synonyms:
    book-ways

Synonyms of bookwise

Forms of bookwise

alternative formbook-wise

Origin of bookwise

From book + -wise.

Questions about bookwise

What does bookwise mean?
Bookwise means in the manner of a book.
What part of speech is bookwise?
Bookwise is an adverb.

Words near bookwise in the dictionary

  1. bookwards
  2. bookware
  3. bookways
  4. bookwheel
  5. bookwheels
  6. bookwise
  7. bookword
  8. bookwords
  9. bookwork
  10. bookworm
  11. bookwormish

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