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rectangularwise

rectangularwise adverb: in a rectangular orientation.

Adverb

rectangularwise (not comparable)

  1. In a rectangular orientation.
    • The principal front is 261 feet in length and 40 feet in height, with a tower in the centre surmounted by a lantern rising to the height of 92 feet; the tower is supported by three-stage buttresses with plain set-offs, placed rectangularwise […]1857, John Booker, A history of the ancient chapels of Didsbury and Chorlton in Manchester parish, page 125

Origin of rectangularwise

From rectangular + -wise.

Questions about rectangularwise

What does rectangularwise mean?
Rectangularwise means in a rectangular orientation.
What part of speech is rectangularwise?
Rectangularwise is an adverb.

Words near rectangularwise in the dictionary

  1. rectangularized
  2. rectangularizes
  3. rectangularizing
  4. rectangularly
  5. rectangularness
  6. rectangularwise
  7. rectangulation
  8. rectanguloid
  9. rectanguloids
  10. Rectanus
  11. recte

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