bachelorwise

adv

bachelorwise

adv

Etymology From bachelor + -wise.

1

In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

  • […] and that though he retained the house in Great Coram Street for some time longer, he only occupied it fitfully, and that bachelorwise.1891, Herman Charles Merivale, Sir Frank Thomas Marzials, John Parker Anderson, Life of W. M. Thackeray, page 113:
  • He's talking to himself, bachelorwise, and scowling at the map like a preacher reading Playboy.1995, David Foster, Plumbum: The Ultimate Heavy Metal Experience, page 38:

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