brushwise

English

Etymology

From brush +‎ -wise.

Adverb

brushwise (not comparable)

1. (rare) In the manner of a brush.
   • 1993, Thomas Kingston Derry, Trevor Illtyd Williams, A short history of technology: from the earliest times to A.D. 1900:

     They made their ink from lamp-black and gum-solution, their pens — used brushwise at first, but later cut like quills — from rushes.