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phonewise

phonewise adverb: in terms or by means of the telephone.

Adverb

phonewise (not comparable)

  1. In terms or by means of the telephone
    • Cannot get onto them phonewise or through their children.2009 February 12, “Victoria bushfire missing - search on our message board”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2009

Origin of phonewise

From phone + -wise.

Questions about phonewise

What does phonewise mean?
Phonewise means in terms or by means of the telephone.
What part of speech is phonewise?
Phonewise is an adverb.

Words near phonewise in the dictionary

  1. phonetize
  2. phonetized
  3. phonetizes
  4. phonetizing
  5. phoneward
  6. phonewise
  7. phoneword
  8. phonewords
  9. phoney
  10. phoney up
  11. phoney war

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