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dexterwise

dexterwise adverb: dexter; on or toward the right-hand side from the wearer's perspective.

Adverb

dexterwise (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Dexter; on or toward the right-hand side from the wearer's perspective.
    • [...] on the reverse is a fish, naiant dexterwise; the diameter is 0.02, and the material copper, silver being the only other metal used.1876, The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, page 273
    • In his day, however, only two types were known, one with an amphora and the other with a goat on the reverse, the obverse of both showing a helmeted head of Pallas facing dexterwise.1879, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, page 165

Origin of dexterwise

From dexter + -wise.

Questions about dexterwise

What does dexterwise mean?
Dexterwise means dexter; on or toward the right-hand side from the wearer's perspective.
What part of speech is dexterwise?
Dexterwise is an adverb.

Words near dexterwise in the dictionary

  1. dexterity
  2. dexterous
  3. dexterously
  4. dexterousness
  5. dexters
  6. dexterwise
  7. dextofisopam
  8. Dextra
  9. dextrad
  10. dextral
  11. dextral fault

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