phantomwise

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adverb

In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.

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Meanings

adverbphantomwise (comparative more phantomwise, superlative most phantomwise)

comparative more phantomwise · superlative most phantomwise

  1. In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.

    Still she haunts me, phantomwise, / Alice moving under skies / Never seen by waking eyes.

    1871, Lewis Carroll, “A Boat Beneath a Sunny Sky”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Origin

From phantom + -wise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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