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nosewise

nosewise adverb: by means of the nose.

Adverb

nosewise (not comparable)

  1. By means of the nose.
    • What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds […]1916, Chicago's Health, page 216
    • If you turn to face west again, you should be able to spot a much bigger, dimmer version of the Plough plunging nosewise towards the horizon. Just to confuse the modern stargazer utterly, this is not one constellation, but two.1981, New Scientist (volume 92, numbers 1285-1286, page 894)

Origin of nosewise

From nose + -wise.

Questions about nosewise

What does nosewise mean?
Nosewise means by means of the nose.
What part of speech is nosewise?
Nosewise is an adverb.

Words near nosewise in the dictionary

  1. noseweights
  2. nosewheel
  3. nosewheels
  4. nosewing
  5. nosewings
  6. nosewise
  7. nosewitness
  8. nosework
  9. noseworthy
  10. nosey
  11. nosey parker

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