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petalwise

petalwise adverb: in the manner of a petal or petals.

Adverb

petalwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a petal or petals.
    • She fixed Peter a slice of black bread and jam by cutting the hard crust petalwise around the edge, so the child could tear off convenient pieces.1945, Marianne Steiff Finton Meisel, Years Before the Flood, page 14

Origin of petalwise

From petal + -wise.

Questions about petalwise

What does petalwise mean?
Petalwise means in the manner of a petal or petals.
What part of speech is petalwise?
Petalwise is an adverb.

Words near petalwise in the dictionary

  1. petaltails
  2. petalum
  3. Petaluma
  4. petalurid
  5. petalurids
  6. petalwise
  7. petaly
  8. petameter
  9. petameters
  10. petametre
  11. petametres

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