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shoalwise

shoalwise adverb: in or as a shoal.

Adverb

shoalwise (not comparable)

  1. In or as a shoal.
    • Tell me, good sir, if you know it;
      Tell me truly, what's the reason
      Why the people to Kingussie
      Shoalwise flock in summer season?1899, John Stuart Blackie, The Academy

Origin of shoalwise

From shoal + -wise.

Questions about shoalwise

What does shoalwise mean?
Shoalwise means in or as a shoal.
What part of speech is shoalwise?
Shoalwise is an adverb.

Words near shoalwise in the dictionary

  1. shoalmates
  2. shoalness
  3. shoals
  4. Shoalwater
  5. shoalweed
  6. shoalwise
  7. shoaly
  8. shoar
  9. Shoard
  10. Shoards
  11. shoare

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