Garlandwise
adv
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Definitions
Adverb
- 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
More examples"[…] 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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