Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

topwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: top-wise
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of a spinning top.

adv

At or toward the top.

adv

With the upper part foremost.

Example Sentences

"[…] spun topwise by swift floods […]"
"Grelun Landon, of Hill & Range Songs, Inc., New York, reports things looking up in the country field for his firm, which presently has six sides riding topwise in the charts."
"They had forted up their house, cutting the bottom-land timbers, lopping off their limbs, and driving the tree trunks into the ground topwise, to make a stockade big enough to hold them and some neighbors — the ones willing to stay there."

Etymology

top + -wise

Word Breakdown

Suffix: top

Questions

What does topwise mean?: In the manner of a spinning top.
Where does topwise come from?: top + -wise

How to pronounce topwise

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