logwise

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adverb

In the manner of a log of wood.

“And he, the churl, / Shrank as the beetle shrinks beneath the pin / When village children stab him in their sport, / And, logwise, rolled before the charger's feet; And Stephen came to his own Court again.”

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Meanings

adverblogwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the manner of a log of wood.

    And he, the churl, / Shrank as the beetle shrinks beneath the pin / When village children stab him in their sport, / And, logwise, rolled before the charger's feet; And Stephen came to his own Court again.

    1 more example

    Still the old man stood mute. So, logwise,—down to floor / Pulled from his fireside place, dragged on from hearth to door,— / Was he pushed, a very log, staircase along, until / A certain turn in the steps was reached, a yard from the house-door-sill.

    1879, Robert Browning, “Halbert and Hob”, in Dramatic Idyls, pages 51—52

Origin

From log + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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