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lashwise

lashwise adverb: in the manner of a whiplash.

Adverb

lashwise (not comparable)

  1. (nonce-word) In the manner of a whiplash.
    • “Come, Yankee,” here swore the incensed private; “cease this, or I’ll darn your old fawn-skins for ye with the flat of this sword;” for a specimen, laying it lashwise, but not heavily, across the captive’s back.1855, Herman Melville, Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile

Origin of lashwise

From lash + -wise.

Questions about lashwise

What does lashwise mean?
Lashwise means in the manner of a whiplash.
What part of speech is lashwise?
Lashwise is an adverb.

Words near lashwise in the dictionary

  1. Lashuas
  2. lashup
  3. lashups
  4. Lashway
  5. Lashways
  6. lashwise
  7. lashy
  8. Lasi
  9. lasian
  10. lasiandrin
  11. lasianthoside

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