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roundwise

roundwise adverb: according to a rounded shape or course.

Adverb

roundwise (not comparable)

  1. According to a rounded shape or course.
    • […] taken either squarewise or roundwise the skull was 4 inches across.1877, Herbert Allen Giles, transl., Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms

Adjective

roundwise (not comparable)

  1. In separate rounds of a series.
    • Roundwise strategies compare outcomes over repeated rounds and choose options that win the most rounds.2017, Peter Meusburger, Benno Werlen, Laura Suarsana, Knowledge and Action, page 135

Origin of roundwise

round + -wise

Questions about roundwise

What does roundwise mean?
Roundwise means according to a rounded shape or course.
What part of speech is roundwise?
Roundwise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near roundwise in the dictionary

  1. roundtrips
  2. roundup
  3. roundups
  4. roundure
  5. roundures
  6. roundwise
  7. roundwood
  8. roundwoods
  9. roundworm
  10. roundworms
  11. roundy

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