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cupwise en · ADV

Etymology

From cup + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In the form of a cup.
    • Without a word, she bounded up and flitted off like a brown bird, gleaming dull-golden in the sun, glancing in and out among the trees, till she paused above a tiny black pool, and then came tripping and swaying back with hands held cupwise and dripping with cool water. 1911, W. E. B. Du Bois, The Quest of the Silver Fleece: