spellingwise
spellingwise adverb: in terms of spelling.
Adverb
spellingwise (not comparable)
- In terms of spelling.
- Although to a certain degree he had read the language “spellingwise,” he still recognized many words by familiar combinations of letters and by the sense.1896 October 6, B. Onuf, “A Contribution to the Study of Motor Aphasia”, in George F[rederick] Shrady, editor, Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, volume 50, New York, N.Y....
- Two things have helped to produce that monstrosity of the schoolroom—the word-pronouncer; the first is the lack of mastery of the word so that the child is forced to read spelling[-]wise.1897, Pamphlets in Philology and the Humanities
Examples of spellingwise in a sentence
- The varying enunciation of the same combination of consonants, or of vowels, or of both, make it impossible to read English only spellingwise.1900, Psychological Monographs, page 47:
- Reading notes spellingwise is fatal to expressing feeling through song or instrument.1946, B. Marian Brooks, Harry Alvin Brown, Music Education in the Elementary School, page 55:
Origin of spellingwise
From spelling + -wise.
Questions about spellingwise
- What does spellingwise mean?
- Spellingwise means in terms of spelling.
- How do you use spellingwise in a sentence?
- The varying enunciation of the same combination of consonants, or of vowels, or of both, make it impossible to read English only spellingwise.
- What part of speech is spellingwise?
- Spellingwise is an adverb.
Words near spellingwise in the dictionary
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