Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deckwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deck-wise
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Knowledgeable about working as a deckhand.

adj

Pertaining to the deck.

adj

Along or toward the deck.

adv

Concerning the deck.

adv

Along or toward the deck.

Example Sentences

"The once-unthinkable to Hank became his concentrated project for the next several days: to hone his deckwise wife to the mysteries of spotting and capturing humpie salmon from the viewpoint of the wheelhouse."
"All things deckwise were under the command of the bosun."
"Free-running model tests showed that the SSP would heel into a high-speed turn actually somewhat more than necessary for the deckwise components of gravitational and centrifugal force to cancel."
"Deckwise separation of the ends through leasing and warping reeds"
"Deckwise, there was a Supreme Capt., an Assistant Supreme Capt., a deputy Supreme Capt., six Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Asst. Deputy Supreme Capts., six Jr. Third Asst. Deputy Capts., and the usual number of Chief Mates, Asst. Chief Mates, Second Mates, Third Mates and Fourth Mates, about 72 mates in all, Dad thinks."
"This lobster boat wasn't much larger, deckwise, than a rowboat, it seemed."

Etymology

From deck + -wise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: deck

Inflected Forms

more deckwise (comparative) most deckwise (superlative) deck-wise (alternative)

Questions

What does deckwise mean?: Knowledgeable about working as a deckhand.
Where does deckwise come from?: From deck + -wise.

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