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grapewise

grapewise adverb: in the manner of a grape or grapes.

Adverb

grapewise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a grape or grapes.
    • That innocence may tread on innocence / And crush it grapewise to a morbid wine1927, Wallace Bertram Nichols, Prometheus in Piccadilly, page 84
  2. In terms of grapes.
    • Grapewise, it [New Zealand] thus behaves much more like northern Europe and, unfettered by tradition, the youthful and tiny wine industry has been able to plant varieties of wine that top the league table on this side of the globe.1985, Punch, volume 288, page 51
    • It [the wine] was five dollars more expensive than the bottle this Mr. Foley had ordered but grapewise it was along the same lines and Frederick did not honestly think that Mr. Foley would be checking the prices on the bill.2015, Sean McCabe, Breakfast in Woodside Vol 1, page 122

Origin of grapewise

From grape + -wise.

Questions about grapewise

What does grapewise mean?
Grapewise means in the manner of a grape or grapes.
What part of speech is grapewise?
Grapewise is an adverb.

Words near grapewise in the dictionary

  1. grapevine weevil
  2. grapevine weevils
  3. grapevined
  4. grapevines
  5. grapevining
  6. grapewise
  7. grapey
  8. graph
  9. graph antihole
  10. graph antiholes
  11. graph directrices

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