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jacketwise

jacketwise adverb: in the manner of a jacket.

Adverb

jacketwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a jacket.
    • The sleeves are separate from the dress and fastened together jacketwise across the back, […]1979, Frances Densmore, Chippewa Customs, page 28

Origin of jacketwise

From jacket + -wise.

Questions about jacketwise

What does jacketwise mean?
Jacketwise means in the manner of a jacket.
What part of speech is jacketwise?
Jacketwise is an adverb.

Words near jacketwise in the dictionary

  1. jackets up
  2. Jackett
  3. jacketted
  4. jacketting
  5. jackettings
  6. jacketwise
  7. jackety
  8. jackey
  9. Jackeys
  10. Jackeys Marsh
  11. jackfield

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