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netwise

netwise adverb: in the manner or configuration of a net.

Adverb

netwise (comparative more netwise, superlative most netwise)

  1. (rare) In the manner or configuration of a net
    • “They have also other ornaments, which they call cawles, made netwise, to the end, as I think, that the cloth of gold, cloth of silver, or else tinsel (for that is the worst), wherewith their heads are covered and attired withal […]”1859, John Milton, Thomas Keightley, Poems, volume 1, page 126
    • Nature, as Bacon pithily says, joins her work rather 'netwise than chainwise.'1883, Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

Adjective

netwise (comparative more netwise, superlative most netwise)

  1. (rare) Like a net or lattice; netlike, latticelike.
    • Yet despite its collapse, this long-shot to front-runner campaign stands out as the best example to date of what a netwise operation can achieve.2006, Larry Sabato, Divided States of America, page 212

Forms of netwise

Adverb
comparativemore netwise
superlativemost netwise
alternative formnet-wise
Adjective
comparativemore netwise
superlativemost netwise

Origin of netwise

From Middle English nettwyse, nette wise, nette wyse, equivalent to net + -wise.

Questions about netwise

What does netwise mean?
Netwise means in the manner or configuration of a net.
What part of speech is netwise?
Netwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near netwise in the dictionary

  1. netupitant
  2. netwank
  3. netwar
  4. netwars
  5. netwide
  6. netwise
  7. network
  8. network adapter
  9. network adapters
  10. network card
  11. network cards

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