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cupboardwise

cupboardwise adverb: in the manner of a cupboard.

Adverb

cupboardwise (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In the manner of a cupboard.
    • Boxes, assembled within a larger box cupboardwise and placed on a bedside table, can be used for storage in the same way that pockets are used.1957, Catherine Weldon, Young folks in homes: leisure-time activities in child-caring institution
    • By the early nineteenth century there were even kitchen dolls whose skirts opened cupboardwise to reveal suitably papered rooms with shelves...1959, Therle Hughes, Small decorative antiques

Origin of cupboardwise

From cupboard + -wise.

Questions about cupboardwise

What does cupboardwise mean?
Cupboardwise means in the manner of a cupboard.
What part of speech is cupboardwise?
Cupboardwise is an adverb.

Words near cupboardwise in the dictionary

  1. cupboarding
  2. cupboardless
  3. cupboardlike
  4. cupboards
  5. cupboardsful
  6. cupboardwise
  7. cupboardy
  8. cupcake
  9. cupcaked
  10. cupcakerie
  11. cupcakeries

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