boxwise

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adverb

In the form of a box.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbboxwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the form of a box.

    ...lying on his side enclosed by stones that had been placed boxwise round him, and surrounded by his burial-offerings of jugs and bowls.

    1958, Lady Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Walls of Jericho
    1 more example

    First, it should appear to be a part of the site and not a foreign element set up boxwise on edge to the utter humiliation of every natural thing in sight.

    1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931

Origin

From box + -wise.

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APA

boxwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxwise

MLA

“boxwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxwise. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “boxwise,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/boxwise.

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