gunwise

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adjective

By or in terms of guns.

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Meanings

adjectivegunwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy or in terms of guns.
  2. not comparableIn the manner of a gun.

    And then the Martian beside us raised his tube on high and discharged it gunwise, with a heavy report that made the ground heave.

    1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 141
adverbgunwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy or in terms of guns.

Origin

From gun + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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