Meanings
adverbshirtwise (not comparable)
- not comparablerareIn the style of a shirt.
Some of the crew mustered, therefore, in cotton drawers or loin-cloths; in a tunic tucked, shirtwise, into them or napping loose […]
1932, Richard Blaker, The needle-watcher
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APA
shirtwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtwise
MLA
“shirtwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtwise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shirtwise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirtwise.
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