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appearancewise en · ADV

Etymology

From appearance + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, uncommon) In regard to appearance; in terms of appearance.
    • There is no question that after these photos were taken I was on a downward slope, appearancewise. 2005, Michael Winner, Winner Takes All: A Life of Sorts, Great Britain: Portico Books:
    • The campus is divided into three equal groups appearancewise — freaks, straights and a combination. 1971, Susan Berman, The Underground Guide to the College of Your Choice, Signet, page 317:
    • Only this, dear boy—she’s not in very good form appearancewise. 1978, Brown Meggs, Aria, New York: Atheneum Books, page 221: