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gunwise

gunwise adjective: by or in terms of guns.

Adjective

gunwise (not comparable)

  1. By or in terms of guns.
  2. In the manner of a gun.
    • And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 141

Adverb

gunwise (not comparable)

  1. By or in terms of guns.

Origin of gunwise

From gun + -wise.

Questions about gunwise

What does gunwise mean?
Gunwise means by or in terms of guns.
What part of speech is gunwise?
Gunwise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near gunwise in the dictionary

  1. gunwales
  2. Gunwinggu
  3. Gunwinygu
  4. Gunwinyguan
  5. Gunwinyku
  6. gunwise
  7. gunwoman
  8. gunwomen
  9. gunwork
  10. gunworks
  11. gunwright

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