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English
Etymology
From Middle English -wis, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *-wīs, from Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise, skilled, knowledgeable”), related to Old English wīs, wīse (“manner, way, fashion”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -wiese, Dutch -wijs, German -weise, Danish -vis, Swedish -vis, Norwegian Bokmål -vis, and Yiddish ־ווײַז (-vayz, “-wise”). More at wise (“way, manner”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-wise
- In the direction or orientation of.
- The gaoler slowly turned the key clockwise.
- In the manner of.
- You need to follow the instructions carefully; otherwise, the project may not turn out.
- Contrariwise, it could be a good idea.
- In the matter of; with regard to.
- This morning looks promising, weather-wise.
- 1919, Saki, “The Penance”, in The Toys of Peace, page 423:
- They had parents in India—that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garment-wise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof.
- 1958, “Come Fly With Me”, performed by Frank Sinatra:
- Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day
- 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 September 2024:
- Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.
- 2015 July 22, Brian Caulfield, “The reality is that there is no incentive tax-wise for Irish entrepreneurs”, in Irish Independent, archived from the original on 29 May 2023:
- [see title]
- 2015 August 10, Dheeraj Sharma, “Stereotypicality in Indian cinema is not a healthy trend”, in Hindustan Times, archived from the original on 8 July 2018:
- Finally, we presented the religion-wise and caste-wise description presented in Bollywood films to 150 school students. It was found that 94% felt that stereotypical representations were authentic.
- One at a time, or one thing at a time.
- Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.
Usage notes
- The suffix -wise is particularly productive in Indian English. See for example classwise, datewise, subjectwise.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
in the direction or orientation of
in the manner of
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Old English
Etymology
From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-wīse
- (noun suffix) state of, manner of, condition; direction
- riht (“just, right”) + -wīse → rihtwīse (“righteousness, justice”)
- cniht (“boy, youth”) + -wīse → cnihtwīse (“boyishness”)
- cyne- (“public, nation, kindred”) + -wīse → cynewīse (“commonwealth, state”)
- lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”) + -wīse → lēoþwīse (“poetry, verse”)
- bēag (“ring, hoop, circle”) + -wīse → bēagwīse (“sphere, circular form”)
- (noun suffix) the custom or fashion of
- (adverbial suffix) in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of
Declension
Weak n-stem:
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