bookwise en · ADV
Etymology
From book + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In the manner of a book.
Unknown to the audience, the left fingers have tilted the two red top cards open bookwise […]
1977, Theodore Annemann, Annemann's Card Magic, page 22:[S]he strode to the middle of the room the paper held and folded book-wise in her hands.
1878, Bret Harte, “The Man on the Beach”, in Drift From Two Shores:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| book-wise | alternative | lexicographic |