bookwise

alternative book-wise

1. not comparableIn the manner of a book.

   [S]he strode to the middle of the room the paper held and folded book-wise in her hands.

   1878, Bret Harte, “The Man on the Beach”, in Drift From Two Shores

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   Unknown to the audience, the left fingers have tilted the two red top cards open bookwise […]

   1977, Theodore Annemann, Annemann's Card Magic, page 22

   Synonyms: book-ways