Elfwise

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of an elf.

    "A terrible little haunting Perhaps had perched itself on his shoulder elfwise, very possibly, and was whispering its little trenchant probabilities in his ear."

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"A terrible little haunting Perhaps had perched itself on his shoulder elfwise, very possibly, and was whispering its little trenchant probabilities in his ear."

Etymology

From elf + -wise.

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