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witherwise

adv, adj — 3 senses

witherwise

adv

Etymology From wither- + -wise.

1

Archaic, Dialectal In the opposite or wrong direction; contrariwise.

2

Dialectal, Rare Otherwise.

witherwise

adj

Etymology From wither- + -wise.

1

Rare Turned the wrong direction; counterclockwise.

  • Job rests the left side of his head on a pillow formed by the extremity of his mattress rolled up in a witherwise spiral.1983, Charles Dennis Minahen, Hermeneutics of the Vortex-structure in Symbolist Aesthetics: Phenomenology of a Symbol as Symbol:

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