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cloudwise

cloudwise adverb: in the form of a cloud.

Adverb

cloudwise (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a cloud.
    • Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair.1897, A Balfour Symington, Atalanta
    • Apparently its upper portion rose up to heaven in the form of a column ; its lower being spread out cloudwise, over Israel's camp.2003, Arthur W Pink, Gleanings in Exodus
  2. Regarding the clouds or cloud cover
    • Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.

Origin of cloudwise

From cloud + -wise.

Questions about cloudwise

What does cloudwise mean?
Cloudwise means in the form of a cloud.
What part of speech is cloudwise?
Cloudwise is an adverb.

Words near cloudwise in the dictionary

  1. cloudwashed
  2. cloudwashes
  3. cloudwashing
  4. cloudwater
  5. cloudwaters
  6. cloudwise
  7. cloudy
  8. cloudy wing virus
  9. cloudywing
  10. cloudywings
  11. clough

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