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dogwise

dogwise adverb: in the manner of a dog.

Adverb

dogwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a dog.
    • He prowls round the neighborhood at nightfall, lying perdu all the day, generally in an inaccessible morass, curled up or lying outstretched dogwise on a round hassock of grass […]1890, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age, volume 186

Origin of dogwise

From dog + -wise.

Questions about dogwise

What does dogwise mean?
Dogwise means in the manner of a dog.
What part of speech is dogwise?
Dogwise is an adverb.

Words near dogwise in the dictionary

  1. dogwhipped
  2. dogwhipping
  3. dogwhips
  4. dogwhistle
  5. dogwhistles
  6. dogwise
  7. dogwood
  8. dogwood winter
  9. dogwood winters
  10. dogwoods
  11. dogy

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