manwise

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of manwise

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a way befitting a man.
    “In the enemy army there also were women on horseback, in armor and steel helmets who fought manwise; they hurled themselves into the thick of the battle[…]”
    “For a little while Jason rode with his hands folded manwise on the pommel of his saddle and with manlike emotions in his heart[…]”
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adv

  1. In a way befitting a man.
    “In the enemy army there also were women on horseback, in armor and steel helmets who fought manwise; they hurled themselves into the thick of the battle[…]”
    “For a little while Jason rode with his hands folded manwise on the pommel of his saddle and with manlike emotions in his heart[…]”
  2. (not-comparable)In terms of a man.
    “But she had this urgent need to think of herself in terms of who she was with, manwise[…]”
    “At the moment, Cora was basically at a standstill, manwise, somewhere between the next to come and the last to go. The last to go had been Charles[…]”

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Etymology

From man + -wise.

Anagrams of manwise

4 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from manwise

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6-letter words

5 words

5-letter words

28 words

4-letter words

54 words

3-letter words

40 words

2-letter words

19 words

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