tuskwise en · ADV
Etymology
From tusk + -wise.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, rare) In the manner of tusks.
Alec laughs so hard his eyes glaze and his cheeks flush, and even Nicholas is chortling now. Edward forges ahead, holding up his fingers tuskwise...
2008, Kage Baker, The Sons of Heaven:Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.
1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, A Drama of Exile:...part of the jaw bone of a whale, propped up tuskwise.
1941, Charles Fort, Lo!: