sentencewise

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adjective

Of or relating to a sentence or sentences.

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Meanings

adjectivesentencewise (comparative more sentencewise, superlative most sentencewise)

comparative more sentencewise · superlative most sentencewise

  1. Of or relating to a sentence or sentences.

    Since in these two paradigms the probe words could be taken from the whole sentence, they are called the 'sentencewise' paradigms ('forward' and 'backward', respectively). The results for these two sentencewise paradigms are summarized [...]

    1975, Alan Kennedy, Alan Wilkes, Studies in long term memory, Great Britain: Social Science Research Council
adverbsentencewise (comparative more sentencewise, superlative most sentencewise)

comparative more sentencewise · superlative most sentencewise

  1. In a manner relating to sentences; sentence by sentence.

    The size of wall at which I do not greet the night but inch along after it sentencewise.

    1982, Clark Coolidge, Mine: the one that enters the stories

Origin

From sentence + -wise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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