Garlandwise

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an arrangement resembling a garland. not-comparable

    "[…] and the young man's eyes absently followed the windings of the oak leaves which ran beneath the mantel-shelf garlandwise, framing in the centre a tablet bearing this legend, […]"

Example

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"[…] and the young man's eyes absently followed the windings of the oak leaves which ran beneath the mantel-shelf garlandwise, framing in the centre a tablet bearing this legend, […]"

Etymology

From garland + -wise.

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