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squarewise

squarewise adjective: laid out or moving in a square.

Adjective

squarewise (not comparable)

  1. Laid out or moving in a square.

Adverb

squarewise (not comparable)

  1. With a square layout or motion.
    • […] taken either squarewise or roundwise the skull was 4 inches across.1877, Herbert Allen Giles, transl., Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms

Origin of squarewise

From square + -wise.

Questions about squarewise

What does squarewise mean?
Squarewise means laid out or moving in a square.
What part of speech is squarewise?
Squarewise can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near squarewise in the dictionary

  1. squaretails
  2. squareth
  3. squaretoes
  4. squarewave
  5. squarewaves
  6. squarewise
  7. squarial
  8. squarials
  9. squaric
  10. squaric acid
  11. Squariel

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