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weightwise

weightwise adverb: in terms of weight.

Adverb

weightwise (not comparable)

  1. In terms of weight.
    • Doctor: Is that up a little bit for you, weightwise?2007 June 26, Gina Kolata, “Study Says Chatty Doctors Forget Patients”, in New York Times

Origin of weightwise

From weight + -wise.

Questions about weightwise

What does weightwise mean?
Weightwise means in terms of weight.
What part of speech is weightwise?
Weightwise is an adverb.

Words near weightwise in the dictionary

  1. weightometers
  2. weights
  3. weights and measures
  4. weights down
  5. weightsome
  6. weightwise
  7. weighty
  8. Weigle
  9. Weigles
  10. Weigold
  11. Weigolds

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