Meanings
adverbpillionwise (comparative more pillionwise, superlative most pillionwise)
comparative more pillionwise · superlative most pillionwise
- In the manner of a pillion.
The woman placed her foot on his and leaped effortlessly to the steed's back, where she sat behind him pillionwise, her arms about his middle, her fur-framed face across his shoulder.
1938 July, Seabury Quinn, “Fortune's Fools”, in Weird Tales, volume 32, number 1, page 17
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pillionwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillionwise
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“pillionwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pillionwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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