sheepwise

Adverb

sheepwise (not comparable)

1. In an sheeplike manner.
   • The rent is £35; which really seems £10 cheaper than such a House could be had for in Dumfries or Annan. The secret is our old friend, 'Gigmanity': Chelsea is unfashionable; it is also reputed unhealthy. The former quality we rather like (for our neighbours still are all polite-living people); the...1834-06-17, Thomas Carlyle, “Letter from Thomas Carlyle to John A. Carlyle, 1834”, in Carlyle Letters Online
   • There had, indeed, been no scandal at all. Dr. Bradley might still be found entertaining the politest of tables with his agreeable stories; he had had no unfortunate case to cast a shadow over his professional reputation; his company was still sought at the clubs. Why, then, were people shrugging...1912, Ralph Straus, “The gates open”, in The Prison Without a Wall, Henry Holt, pages 188-189

   Synonyms:

   ovinely, sheepily, sheepishly

2. With regard to sheep.
   • It was assumed, when Johns Hopkins showed the way, that every university student was or should be engaged in original research and thus a candidate for the doctor's degree. This not unnatural assumption had the unfortunate result of dividing all graduate students, sheepwise and goatwise, into those...1911 February 23, The Nation, volume 92, number 2382, page 186

   Synonyms:

   ovinely

3. (e.g., feed or wool) Per sheep: per head with regard to sheep.
   • The projected values of sheepwise wool yield and total State wool production are also depicted in Table-VI. It can be noticed from the table that by 2000 A.D. the wool yield of ram, wether, ewe, lamb and overall sheep will be 1685.49. 1739.82. 1523.07. 630.68 and […]1990, Wool and Woollens of India, volume 27, Indian Woollen Mills' Federation, page 36