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familywise

familywise adverb: in terms of a family of related inferences.

Adverb

familywise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of a family of related inferences.

Origin of familywise

From family + -wise.

Questions about familywise

What does familywise mean?
Familywise means in terms of a family of related inferences.
What part of speech is familywise?
Familywise is an adverb.

Words near familywise in the dictionary

  1. familymaxxed
  2. familymaxxes
  3. familymaxxing
  4. familymoon
  5. familymoons
  6. familywise
  7. famine
  8. famine bread
  9. famine breads
  10. famine fever
  11. famine food

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