Tuskwise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Tuskwise is an adverb meaning (rare) In the manner of tusks.
Meaning
(rare) In the manner of tusks.
Example Sentences
...part of the jaw bone of a whale, propped up tuskwise.
Nay without this law / Of mandom, ye would perish, — beast by beast / Devouring, — tree by tree, with strangling roots / And trunks set tuskwise.
Alec laughs so hard his eyes glaze and his cheeks flush, and even Nicholas is chortling now. Edward forges ahead, holding up his fingers tuskwise.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include toothily, tigerishly, wolvishly, dentately, tigrishly, turbanwise.
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