Meaning

In terms of prose, as opposed to poetry..

Example Sentences

Laſt Proſe placed verſewiſe, or verſe placed proſewiſe will loſe their elegance.

All but the qu's omit, and now behold: this ſeems to be put out in the ſo's, to make verſe of what is printed proſewiſe in the qu's.

Being the representative of a town upon the sea, he seems to think it desirable that there should be a nautical bluffness in his style; and he ever suggests in his speeches, a paraphrase into politics of one of [Charles] Dibdin's sea-songs delivered prosewise.

[...] which is an early middle English version of the Latin story, the language being apparently that of the year 1200 or thereabouts, written in metre but given prosewise in the MS. from which Mr. Hardwick printed.

The book is put together chronologically, which is as good a way as any to see what was going on, prosewise, from 1930 to 1958 when Louella Parsons, whose syntax Mr. P. recommends for its narcotic value ("You don't even need a prescription") sets him the scene for "Nirvana Small by a Waterfall."

Prosewise, I tried to write sentences reminiscent of what I had "heard" (or thought I had heard) in British novels — this sort of elegant, erudite voice.

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When Should You Use Prosewise?

Use prosewise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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