Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nosewise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nose-wise
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By means of the nose.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"If you turn to face west again, you should be able to spot a much bigger, dimmer version of the Plough plunging nosewise towards the horizon. Just to confuse the modern stargazer utterly, this is not one constellation, but two."

Etymology

From nose + -wise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: nose

Questions

What does nosewise mean?: By means of the nose.
Where does nosewise come from?: From nose + -wise.

How to pronounce nosewise

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