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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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691 words match “WISE”

LOVERWISE adv.
As lovers do. As they sat down here loverwise. W. D. Howells.
MANYWAYS; MANYWISE adv.
In many different ways; variously.
NOWISE adv.
Not in any manner or degree; in no way; noways. Others whose case is nowise different. Earle.
OTHERWISE adv. 3 definitions
Thy father was a worthy prince, And merited, alas! a better fate; But Heaven thought otherwise. Addison.
OVERWISE a.
Too wise; affectedly wise. -- O`ver*wise"ly, adv. -- O`ver*wise"ness, n.
PALEWISE adv.
of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.
RIGHTWISE a. 2 definitions
Righteous. [Obs.] Wyclif.
RIGHTWISELY adv.
Righteously. [Obs.]
RIGHTWISENESS n.
Righteousness. [Obs.] In doom and eke in rightwisnesse. Chaucer.
SALTIREWISE adv.
In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center.
SHUTTLEWISE adv.
Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
SIDEWISE adv.
On or toward one side; laterally; sideways. I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids. Emerson.
SLANTWISE; SLANTLY adv.
In an inclined direction; obliquely; slopingly.
SLOPEWISE adv.
Obliquely. [Obs.] Carew.
SUCHWISE adv.
In a such a manner; so.
SUNWISE adv.
In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.
TALEWISE adv.
In a way of a tale or story.
UNRIGHTWISE a.
Unrighteous. [Obs.] Wyclif. -- Un*right"wise`ly, adv. [Obs.]
UNWISE a.
Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
UNWISELY adv.
In an unwise manner; foolishly.
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