cupboardwise

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adverb

In the manner of a cupboard.

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Meanings

adverbcupboardwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparablerareIn the manner of a cupboard.

    They were small upright receptacles intended for hanging against the wall, having a single door opening cupboardwise...

    2008, Fred Roe, Old Oak Furniture
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    Boxes, assembled within a larger box cupboardwise and placed on a bedside table, can be used for storage in the same way that pockets are used.

    1957, Catherine Weldon, Young folks in homes: leisure-time activities in child-caring institution

    By the early nineteenth century there were even kitchen dolls whose skirts opened cupboardwise to reveal suitably papered rooms with shelves...

    1959, Therle Hughes, Small decorative antiques

Origin

From cupboard + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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