-WISE


Meaning of -WISE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -waɪz ]

1.

-wise is added to nouns to form adverbs indicating that something is the case when considering the particular thing mentioned.

Career-wise, this illness couldn’t have come at a worse time...

It was a much better day weather-wise...

COMB in ADV : ADV with cl

2.

-wise is added to nouns to form adverbs indicating that someone behaves in the same way as the person or thing that is mentioned.

We were housed student-wise in dormitory rooms...

= -like

COMB in ADV : ADV after v

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