deathwise

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adverb

In terms of death or deaths.

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Meanings

adverbdeathwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn terms of death or deaths.

    Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.

    1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective, page 160
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    I had nothing to fear, deathwise, from a stupid wolf. I threw myself at the fur bag, wrapping my left arm around his neck, and with my right hand clawed his eyes.

    2011, K. Bennett, Pay Me In Flesh, page 258

Origin

From death + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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