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shuttlewise

shuttlewise adverb: back and forth, like a shuttle.

Adverb

shuttlewise (not comparable)

  1. Back and forth, like a shuttle.

Origin of shuttlewise

From shuttle + -wise.

Questions about shuttlewise

What does shuttlewise mean?
Shuttlewise means back and forth, like a shuttle.
What part of speech is shuttlewise?
Shuttlewise is an adverb.

Words near shuttlewise in the dictionary

  1. shuttler
  2. shuttlers
  3. shuttles
  4. Shuttlesworth
  5. Shuttlesworths
  6. shuttlewise
  7. Shuttleworth
  8. Shuttleworths
  9. shuttling
  10. shuttlings
  11. Shutts

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