Nosewise
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 By means of the nose. not-comparable
"What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds […]"
Example
More examples"What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds […]"
Etymology
From nose + -wise.
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