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pincerwise

pincerwise adverb: as if with pincers.

Adverb

pincerwise (not comparable)

  1. As if with pincers.
    • […] we saw gannets plummet, guided by some sort of magical mud vision, and emerge with mulletlike prey held pincerwise.1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe, page 142

Origin of pincerwise

From pincer + -wise.

Questions about pincerwise

What does pincerwise mean?
Pincerwise means as if with pincers.
What part of speech is pincerwise?
Pincerwise is an adverb.

Words near pincerwise in the dictionary

  1. pincering
  2. pincerlike
  3. pincers
  4. pincertail
  5. pincertails
  6. pincerwise
  7. pinch
  8. pinch a loaf
  9. pinch and a punch for the first of the month
  10. pinch at
  11. pinch bar

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