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pillionwise

pillionwise adverb: in the manner of a pillion.

Adverb

pillionwise (comparative more pillionwise, superlative most pillionwise)

  1. In the manner of a pillion.
    • The woman placed her foot on his and leaped effortlessly to the steed's back, where she sat behind him pillionwise, her arms about his middle, her fur-framed face across his shoulder.1938 July, Seabury Quinn, “Fortune's Fools”, in Weird Tales, volume 32, number 1, page 17

Forms of pillionwise

comparativemore pillionwise
superlativemost pillionwise

Origin of pillionwise

From pillion + -wise.

Questions about pillionwise

What does pillionwise mean?
Pillionwise means in the manner of a pillion.
What part of speech is pillionwise?
Pillionwise is an adverb.

Words near pillionwise in the dictionary

  1. pillioned
  2. pillioning
  3. pillionist
  4. pillionists
  5. pillions
  6. pillionwise
  7. pilliwinkes
  8. pilliwinks
  9. pillmaker
  10. pillmakers
  11. pillmaking

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