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pierwise

pierwise adverb: in the manner of a pier.

Adverb

pierwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a pier.
    • At the edge of the Dam, old Rosey, to avoid the treacherous mud, began, with humped back and hoofs close together, to walk along the plank that pier-wise extended to the deeper water.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 61

Origin of pierwise

From pier + -wise.

Questions about pierwise

What does pierwise mean?
Pierwise means in the manner of a pier.
What part of speech is pierwise?
Pierwise is an adverb.

Words near pierwise in the dictionary

  1. Piersma
  2. Piersol
  3. Piersols
  4. Pierson
  5. pierst
  6. pierwise
  7. pieróg
  8. pies
  9. pies off
  10. pieshop
  11. pieshops

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