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cloudwise en · ADV

Etymology

From cloud + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the form of a cloud.
    • Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair. 1897, A Balfour Symington, Atalanta:
    • Apparently its upper portion rose up to heaven in the form of a column ; its lower being spread out cloudwise, over Israel's camp. 2003, Arthur W Pink, Gleanings in Exodus:
  2. (not-comparable) Regarding the clouds or cloud cover
    • Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.