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garlandwise

garlandwise adverb: in an arrangement resembling a garland.

Adverb

garlandwise (not comparable)

  1. In an arrangement resembling a garland.
    • […] and the young man's eyes absently followed the windings of the oak leaves which ran beneath the mantel-shelf garlandwise, framing in the centre a tablet bearing this legend, […]1880, Bertha Behrens, Lizzie of the Mill, page 36

Origin of garlandwise

From garland + -wise.

Questions about garlandwise

What does garlandwise mean?
Garlandwise means in an arrangement resembling a garland.
What part of speech is garlandwise?
Garlandwise is an adverb.

Words near garlandwise in the dictionary

  1. garlandless
  2. garlandlike
  3. garlandries
  4. garlandry
  5. garlands
  6. garlandwise
  7. garlandy
  8. garled
  9. Garliava
  10. garlic
  11. garlic bread

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