Hammerwise
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In the manner of a hammer. not-comparable
"[…] a handful of almonds; and the ladies having no other way to eat them, one of them saucily snatched off her shoe, and cracked them hammerwise with the heel."
Example
More examples"[…] a handful of almonds; and the ladies having no other way to eat them, one of them saucily snatched off her shoe, and cracked them hammerwise with the heel."
Etymology
From hammer + -wise.
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