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boxwise

boxwise adverb: in the form of a box.

Adverb

boxwise (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a box.
    • ...lying on his side enclosed by stones that had been placed boxwise round him, and surrounded by his burial-offerings of jugs and bowls.1958, Lady Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Walls of Jericho
    • First, it should appear to be a part of the site and not a foreign element set up boxwise on edge to the utter humiliation of every natural thing in sight.1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931

Origin of boxwise

From box + -wise.

Questions about boxwise

What does boxwise mean?
Boxwise means in the form of a box.
What part of speech is boxwise?
Boxwise is an adverb.

Words near boxwise in the dictionary

  1. boxwalking
  2. boxwalla
  3. boxwallah
  4. boxwallahs
  5. boxwallas
  6. boxwise
  7. boxwood
  8. boxwoods
  9. boxwork
  10. Boxx
  11. Boxxes

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