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phantomwise

phantomwise adverb: in the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.

Adverb

phantomwise (comparative more phantomwise, superlative most phantomwise)

  1. In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.
    • Still she haunts me, phantomwise, / Alice moving under skies / Never seen by waking eyes.1871, Lewis Carroll, “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Forms of phantomwise

comparativemore phantomwise
superlativemost phantomwise

Origin of phantomwise

From phantom + -wise.

Questions about phantomwise

What does phantomwise mean?
Phantomwise means in the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.
What part of speech is phantomwise?
Phantomwise is an adverb.

Words near phantomwise in the dictionary

  1. phantomness
  2. phantomry
  3. phantoms
  4. phantomship
  5. phantomships
  6. phantomwise
  7. phantomy
  8. phantonym
  9. phantonyms
  10. phantoplex
  11. phantoplexes

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