bachelorwise

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adverb

In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

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Meanings

adverbbachelorwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.

    He's talking to himself, bachelorwise, and scowling at the map like a preacher reading Playboy.

    1995, David Foster, Plumbum: The Ultimate Heavy Metal Experience, page 38
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    […] and that though he retained the house in Great Coram Street for some time longer, he only occupied it fitfully, and that bachelorwise.

    1891, Herman Charles Merivale, Sir Frank Thomas Marzials, John Parker Anderson, Life of W. M. Thackeray, page 113

Origin

From bachelor + -wise.

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Cite this entry
APA

bachelorwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorwise

MLA

“bachelorwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bachelorwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bachelorwise.

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