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-wise en · X

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise From Middle English -wis (“-wise”), from Old English -wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *-wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz (“-wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise, skilled, knowledgeable”), related to Old English wīs, wīse (“manner, way, fashion”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -wiese (“-wise”), Dutch -wijs (“-wise”), German -weise (“-wise”), Danish -vis (“-wise”), Norwegian -vis (“-wise”), Swedish -vis (“-wise”), Yiddish ־ווײַז (-vayz, “-wise”). More at wise (“way, manner”).

Meanings

  1. (morpheme, not-comparable) In the direction or orientation of.
    • The gaoler slowly turned the key clockwise.
  2. (morpheme, not-comparable) In the manner of.
    • You need to follow the instructions carefully; otherwise, the project may not turn out.
    • Contrariwise, it could be a good idea.
  3. (morpheme, not-comparable) In the matter of; with regard to.
    • Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day 1958, “Come Fly With Me”, performed by Frank Sinatra:
    • This morning looks promising, weather-wise.
    • Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing. 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
    • Finally, we presented the religion-wise and caste-wise description presented in Bollywood films to 150 school students. It was found that 94% felt that stereotypical representations were authentic. 2015 August 10, Dheeraj Sharma, “Stereotypicality in Indian cinema is not a healthy trend”, in Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2018:
    • They had parents in India—that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garment-wise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof. 1919, Saki, “The Penance”, in The Toys of Peace, page 423:
    • [see title] 2015 July 22, Brian Caulfield, “The reality is that there is no incentive tax-wise for Irish entrepreneurs”, in Irish Independent, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
  4. (morpheme, not-comparable) One at a time, or one thing at a time.
    • Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.

Relateds

-ways · -way

Translations (49)

hu -enként (one (thing) at a time) · hu -lag (in the matter of) · hu -leg (in the matter of) · hu -szerűen (in the manner of) · pl -ie (in the matter of) · ar بِاتِّجاه (in the direction or orientation of) · pl -o (in the matter of) · nb -vis (in the manner of) · hu -képpen (in the manner of) · ar مَع (in the direction or orientation of) · hu dolgában (in the matter of) · pl -ie (in the direction or orientation of) · cy o ran (in the matter of) · de -mäßig (in the matter of) · nn -vis (in the manner of) · hu kapcsolatban (in the matter of) · hu tekintetében (in the matter of) · hu módjára (in the manner of) · hu járása szerint (in the direction or orientation of) · hu vonatkozásában (in the matter of) · hu járásával egyezően/megegyezően (in the direction or orientation of) · hu irányába (in the direction or orientation of) · de -weise (one (thing) at a time) · hu irányában (in the direction or orientation of) · hu kapcsán (in the matter of) · pl -o (in the direction or orientation of) · sv -mässig (in the matter of) · hu -onként (one (thing) at a time) · da -vis (in the manner of) · es en lo que refiere a (in the matter of) · ja ずつ (one (thing) at a time) · da -mæssig (in the matter of) · es en cuanto a (in the matter of) · pl -ie (in the manner of) · hu illetően (in the matter of) · pl -ie (one (thing) at a time) · hu -önként (one (thing) at a time) · fi suhteen (in the matter of) · hu terén (in the matter of) · hu szerint (in the direction or orientation of) · sv -vis (one (thing) at a time) · es en términos de (in the matter of) · hu módon (in the manner of) · hu -anként (one (thing) at a time) · hu illetőleg (in the matter of) · pl -o (in the manner of) · pl -o (one (thing) at a time) · ar مِن جِهة (in the manner of) · sv åt (in the direction or orientation of)