roundwise

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adverb

According to a rounded shape or course.

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Meanings

adverbroundwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAccording to a rounded shape or course.

    […] taken either squarewise or roundwise the skull was 4 inches across.

    1877, Herbert Allen Giles, transl., Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms
adjectiveroundwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn separate rounds of a series.

    Roundwise strategies compare outcomes over repeated rounds and choose options that win the most rounds.

    2017, Peter Meusburger, Benno Werlen, Laura Suarsana, Knowledge and Action, page 135

Origin

round + -wise

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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