cloudwise

adv — 2 senses

cloudwise

adv

Etymology From cloud + -wise.

1

In the form of a cloud.

  • Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair.1897, A Balfour Symington, Atalanta:
  • Apparently its upper portion rose up to heaven in the form of a column ; its lower being spread out cloudwise, over Israel's camp.2003, Arthur W Pink, Gleanings in Exodus:
2

Climatology, Meteorology, Natural sciences, Weather Regarding the clouds or cloud cover

  • Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.

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