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letterwise en · ADJ

Etymology

From letter + -wise.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In terms of letters of the alphabet.
    • […] an encryption algorithm with multiple usage of a secret key for the letterwise encryption of prefixes […] 2008, Joachim Biskup, Security in Computing Systems: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions, page 410:
    • Skillful readers' processing of text seems far too fast and efficient to be based on letterwise processing of its print. 1994, Marilyn Jager Adams, Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print, page 105: