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sleepwise

sleepwise adverb: in terms of sleep.

Adverb

sleepwise (not comparable)

  1. (rare) In terms of sleep.
    • Sleepwise, I've always been a strict eight hour man; no more, no less. For some reason though I was awake at six next morning.1989, Keith Roberts, Winterwood: And Other Hauntings
    • During the Depression, putting yourself through school, it was a financial sacrifice, sleepwise — it was not easy.2004, Katherine Cramer Walsh, Talking about politics: informal groups and social identity in American life

Origin of sleepwise

From sleep + -wise.

Questions about sleepwise

What does sleepwise mean?
Sleepwise means in terms of sleep.
What part of speech is sleepwise?
Sleepwise is an adverb.

Words near sleepwise in the dictionary

  1. sleepwalking
  2. sleepwalkings
  3. sleepwalks
  4. sleepward
  5. sleepwear
  6. sleepwise
  7. sleepwort
  8. sleepwrite
  9. sleepwrites
  10. sleepwriting
  11. sleepwritten

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