ridgewise en · ADV
Etymology
From ridge + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In the manner of a ridge or ridges.
And he went therein a good two hour or more, until he saw upon his left side how the land rose up ridgewise like the back of a great hog: and for all that it was night, yet he saw the top of the ridge clearly, as it were a black line […]
1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore, page 50: