hammerwise

English

Etymology

From hammer +‎ -wise.

Adverb

hammerwise (not comparable)

1. In the manner of a hammer.
   • 1886, William Dean Howells, Their Silver Wedding Journey, page 315:

     […] a handful of almonds; and the ladies having no other way to eat them, one of them saucily snatched off her shoe, and cracked them hammerwise with the heel.