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globewise

globewise adverb: in the form or fashion of a globe.

Adverb

globewise (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In the form or fashion of a globe.
  2. (rare) In terms of the globe of the Earth; geographically.
    • Globewise, it is far south of the British Isles, Holland, Belgium and even Switzerland and no farther from the equator than Marseilles, France, and Pisa and Florence in Italy.1982, Leslie E. Arndt, The Bay County Story: Memoirs of the County's 125 Years, page 82

Origin of globewise

From globe + -wise.

Questions about globewise

What does globewise mean?
Globewise means in the form or fashion of a globe.
What part of speech is globewise?
Globewise is an adverb.

Words near globewise in the dictionary

  1. globetrots
  2. globetrotted
  3. globetrotter
  4. globetrotters
  5. globetrotting
  6. globewise
  7. globi
  8. globi oculi
  9. globical
  10. globidontan
  11. globidontans

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