Netwise
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Like a net or lattice; netlike, latticelike. rare
"Yet despite its collapse, this long-shot to front-runner campaign stands out as the best example to date of what a netwise operation can achieve."
- 1 In the manner or configuration of a net rare
"“They have also other ornaments, which they call cawles, made netwise, to the end, as I think, that the cloth of gold, cloth of silver, or else tinsel (for that is the worst), wherewith their heads are covered and attired withal […]”"
Example
More examples"“They have also other ornaments, which they call cawles, made netwise, to the end, as I think, that the cloth of gold, cloth of silver, or else tinsel (for that is the worst), wherewith their heads are covered and attired withal […]”"
Etymology
From Middle English nettwyse, nette wise, nette wyse, equivalent to net + -wise.
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