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rabbitwise

rabbitwise adverb: in the manner of a rabbit.

Adverb

rabbitwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a rabbit.
    • […] a starveling cat roasted rabbitwise, or a brace of sparrows deluged in parsley and butter, designated in the bill of fare as pigeons or chickens.1844, Bentley's Miscellany, volume 15, page 53
    • When headlights appeared, someone would reel in a black string from his hedge, causing a stuffed white sock in the opposite hedge to slide and jerk, rabbitwise, onto the road so that the driver would just catch a gleam of faltering white in his headlights.1981, Beth Gutcheon, The New Girls, page 208

Origin of rabbitwise

From rabbit + -wise.

Questions about rabbitwise

What does rabbitwise mean?
Rabbitwise means in the manner of a rabbit.
What part of speech is rabbitwise?
Rabbitwise is an adverb.

Words near rabbitwise in the dictionary

  1. rabbitted
  2. rabbitting
  3. rabbittite
  4. Rabbitts
  5. rabbitweed
  6. rabbitwise
  7. rabbitwood
  8. rabbity
  9. rabble
  10. rabble rouser
  11. rabble rousers

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