brushwise

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adverb

In the manner of a brush.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbbrushwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareIn the manner of a brush.

    They made their ink from lamp-black and gum-solution, their pens — used brushwise at first, but later cut like quills — from rushes.

    1993, Thomas Kingston Derry, Trevor Illtyd Williams, A short history of technology: from the earliest times to A.D. 1900

Origin

From brush + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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