Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In the manner of a wedge.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In the manner of a wedge.

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  • adverb In the manner of a wedge.

Etymologies

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wedge +‎ -wise

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Examples

  • Towards these rugged kopjes the veldt sloped gently upwards from the river a distance of five miles, and though from afar this plain seemed to face the ridge of hills spreading from east to west, it in reality penetrated wedgewise into the boulder-strewn area.

    South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke

  • Inside the town gate they took up close order, wedgewise, linked and riveted; a shield before, shields beside, Richard with his double-axe for the wedge's beak.

    The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Maurice Hewlett 1892

  • - devils 'antennae - searched out the crevices where rock-bred mountain-men sought cover; too suddenly for clumsy-fingered Hillmen to reload, the reformed troops charged wedgewise into rallying detachments.

    Rung Ho Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1914

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