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prosewise

Syllables: prose·wise/ˈpɹəʊzwaɪz/US/ˈpɹoʊzwaɪz/

prosewise adverb: in terms of prose, as opposed to poetry.

Adverb

prosewise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of prose, as opposed to poetry.
    • Laſt Proſe placed verſewiſe, or verſe placed proſewiſe will loſe their elegance.1653, Richard Lloyd, “The True Reason of a Right Syntax”, in The Latine Grammar. Or, A Guide Teaching a Compendious VVay to Attaine Exact Skill in the Latine Tongue, for a Proper Congruity and...
    • All but the qu's omit, and now behold: this ſeems to be put out in the ſo's, to make verſe of what is printed proſewiſe in the qu's.1770, William Shakespeare, King Lear. A Tragedy. […], London: Printed by W. and J. Richardson; and sold by B[enjamin] White, […], →OCLC, act IV, scene v, page 148, footnote x

Examples of prosewise in a sentence

  • [...] which is an early middle English version of the Latin story, the language being apparently that of the year 1200 or thereabouts, written in metre but given prosewise in the MS. from which Mr.1884, Henry Hucks Gibbs, editor, The Life and Martyrdom of Saint Katherine of Alexandria, Virgin and Martyr: […], London: Nichols and Sons...
  • The book is put together chronologically, which is as good a way as any to see what was going on, prosewise, from 1930 to 1958 when Louella Parsons, whose syntax Mr.1958 October 12, Eudora Welty, “All is grist for his mill; THE MOST OF S. J. PERELMAN. 650 pp. New York: Simon & Schuster. $5.95. [book...
  • Prosewise, I tried to write sentences reminiscent of what I had "heard" (or thought I had heard) in British novels — this sort of elegant, erudite voice.2006, Adam Sexton, Master Class in Fiction Writing: Techniques from Austen, Hemingway, and Other Greats: Lessons from the All-star Writer’s...

Origin of prosewise

From prose + -wise (suffix meaning ‘in the manner of’).

Questions about prosewise

What does prosewise mean?
Prosewise means in terms of prose, as opposed to poetry.
How do you use prosewise in a sentence?
[...] which is an early middle English version of the Latin story, the language being apparently that of the year 1200 or thereabouts, written in metre but given prosewise in the MS. from which Mr.
What part of speech is prosewise?
Prosewise is an adverb.
How do you pronounce prosewise?
Prosewise is pronounced /ˈpɹəʊzwaɪz/ (UK).

Words near prosewise in the dictionary

  1. proseuchas
  2. proseuche
  3. proseuches
  4. proseukhe
  5. proseukhes
  6. prosewise
  7. prosexist
  8. prosey
  9. proshipper
  10. proshippers
  11. proshot

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