dogwise

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adverb

In the manner of a dog.

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Meanings

adverbdogwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the manner of a dog.

    He prowls round the neighborhood at nightfall, lying perdu all the day, generally in an inaccessible morass, curled up or lying outstretched dogwise on a round hassock of grass […]

    1890, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age, volume 186

Origin

From dog + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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