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brushwise

brushwise adverb: in the manner of a brush.

Adverb

brushwise (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In the manner of a brush.
    • They made their ink from lamp-black and gum-solution, their pens — used brushwise at first, but later cut like quills — from rushes.1993, Thomas Kingston Derry, Trevor Illtyd Williams, A short history of technology: from the earliest times to A.D. 1900

Origin of brushwise

From brush + -wise.

Questions about brushwise

What does brushwise mean?
Brushwise means in the manner of a brush.
What part of speech is brushwise?
Brushwise is an adverb.

Words near brushwise in the dictionary

  1. brushups
  2. brushware
  3. brushwares
  4. brushwheel
  5. brushwheels
  6. brushwise
  7. brushwood
  8. brushwoods
  9. brushwork
  10. brushworks
  11. brushy

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