dogwise

English

Etymology

From dog +‎ -wise.

Adverb

dogwise (not comparable)

1. In the manner of a dog.
   • 1890, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age, volume 186:

     He prowls round the neighborhood at nightfall, lying perdu all the day, generally in an inaccessible morass, curled up or lying outstretched dogwise on a round hassock of grass […]

Anagrams

• gowdies