Hedgewise

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a hedge. not-comparable

    "With that away she went, and he, dismounting, caught sight of her disappearing from among the shining magnolia-trees that were planted hedgewise round the lawn."

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"With that away she went, and he, dismounting, caught sight of her disappearing from among the shining magnolia-trees that were planted hedgewise round the lawn."

Etymology

From hedge + -wise.

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