Meanings
adverbridgewise (not comparable)
- not comparableIn the manner of a ridge or ridges.
And he went therein a good two hour or more, until he saw upon his left side how the land rose up ridgewise like the back of a great hog: and for all that it was night, yet he saw the top of the ridge clearly, as it were a black line […]
1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore, page 50
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ridgewise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ridgewise
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“ridgewise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ridgewise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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