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Turkwise

Turkwise adverb: in the manner of a Turk or Turks.

Adverb

Turkwise (comparative more Turkwise, superlative most Turkwise)

  1. In the manner of a Turk or Turks.
    • "What if I give him the bastinado, Turkwise? Methinks that would bring him into a sounder temper."1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, Cortes; or, The fall of Mexico, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 120

Forms of Turkwise

comparativemore Turkwise
superlativemost Turkwise

Origin of Turkwise

From Turk + -wise.

Questions about Turkwise

What does Turkwise mean?
Turkwise means in the manner of a Turk or Turks.
What part of speech is Turkwise?
Turkwise is an adverb.

Words near Turkwise in the dictionary

  1. Turks and Caicos Islands
  2. Turks Gut Long Pond
  3. Turksploitation
  4. Turku
  5. Turkuan
  6. Turkwise
  7. Turkwoman
  8. Turkwomen
  9. Turky
  10. turlet
  11. turlets

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