Word.ws English Dictionary

spikewise

spikewise adverb: in the manner of a spike or spikes.

Adverb

spikewise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a spike or spikes.

Adjective

spikewise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a spike or spikes.

Origin of spikewise

From spike + -wise.

Questions about spikewise

What does spikewise mean?
Spikewise means in the manner of a spike or spikes.
What part of speech is spikewise?
Spikewise can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near spikewise in the dictionary

  1. spiketimes
  2. spiketrain
  3. spiketrains
  4. spikeweed
  5. spikeweeds
  6. spikewise
  7. spikey
  8. spikier
  9. spikiest
  10. spikily
  11. spikiness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: spikewise (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “spikewise.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/spikewise. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.