pincerwise

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adverb

As if with pincers.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbpincerwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAs if with pincers.

    […] we saw gannets plummet, guided by some sort of magical mud vision, and emerge with mulletlike prey held pincerwise.

    1955, William Beebe, Adventuring with Beebe, page 142

Origin

From pincer + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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