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Frenchwise

Frenchwise adverb: in the French manner or style.

Adverb

Frenchwise (not comparable)

  1. In the French manner or style.
    • […] and in the sixth line “Re” must be pronounced Frenchwise, as if it were “Er.”1866, Edward Deacon Girdlestone, Memory Helped, page 11
    • But toward the end of the evening, when we all began kissing one another on both cheeks, Frenchwise, bidding Lucien a last farewell, a sailor started singing the “Internationale.”1937, Claude McKay, edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett, A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, published 2007, page 200

Origin of Frenchwise

From French + -wise.

Questions about Frenchwise

What does Frenchwise mean?
Frenchwise means in the French manner or style.
What part of speech is Frenchwise?
Frenchwise is an adverb.

Words near Frenchwise in the dictionary

  1. Frenchperson
  2. Frenchpersons
  3. Frenchs Forest
  4. Frenchtown
  5. Frenchville
  6. Frenchwise
  7. Frenchwoman
  8. Frenchwomen
  9. Frenchy
  10. Freneau
  11. frenectomies

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