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mouthwise

mouthwise adverb: by, or in terms of, the mouth or mouth-like part.

Adverb

mouthwise (not comparable)

  1. By, or in terms of, the mouth or mouth-like part.
    • A kind of mouse-trap […] woven with string instead of bamboo: it is fastened to a tree mouthwise by a string; the animal comes rushing in and pulls the weaving tight and tighter around itself: […]1892, David Clement Scott, A Cyclopaedic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language, page 106
    • We can't get Mr. Wideman to eat. […] Explains the options, mouthwise or IVs, folks, and how the mouthwise method is much preferred by doctors, staff, studies, you know.2022, John Edgar Wideman, You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories, 1981-2018, page 254

Adjective

mouthwise (not comparable)

  1. By, or in terms of, the mouth or mouth-like part.
    • We can't get Mr. Wideman to eat. […] Explains the options, mouthwise or IVs, folks, and how the mouthwise method is much preferred by doctors, staff, studies, you know.2022, John Edgar Wideman, You Made Me Love You: Selected Stories, 1981-2018, page 254

Origin of mouthwise

mouth + -wise

Questions about mouthwise

What does mouthwise mean?
Mouthwise means by, or in terms of, the mouth or mouth-like part.
What part of speech is mouthwise?
Mouthwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near mouthwise in the dictionary

  1. mouthwashes
  2. mouthwashing
  3. mouthwashy
  4. mouthwatering
  5. mouthwateringly
  6. mouthwise
  7. mouthy
  8. Moutier
  9. mouton
  10. mouton enragé
  11. moutonnée

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