squarewise

adj, adv — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From square + -wise.

Laid out or moving in a square.

adv

Etymology From square + -wise.

With a square layout or motion.

[…] taken either squarewise or roundwise the skull was 4 inches across.1877, Herbert Allen Giles, transl., Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms:

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