Nosewise

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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

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"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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