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scrollwise

scrollwise adverb: in the manner of a scroll.

Adverb

scrollwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a scroll.
    • The schoolroom was large, airy, clean, properly fitted up, and embellished with texts from the Slavonic Bible written scrollwise on door and walls.1877, Adelina Paulina Irby, Travels in the Slavonic provinces of Turkey-in-Europe

Origin of scrollwise

From scroll + -wise.

Questions about scrollwise

What does scrollwise mean?
Scrollwise means in the manner of a scroll.
What part of speech is scrollwise?
Scrollwise is an adverb.

Words near scrollwise in the dictionary

  1. scrollsaws
  2. scrolltext
  3. scrolltexts
  4. scrollwheel
  5. scrollwheels
  6. scrollwise
  7. scrollwork
  8. scrollworks
  9. scrolly
  10. scrollytelling
  11. scromiting

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