straddlewise

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adverb

So as to straddle something.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbstraddlewise (not comparable)

alternative straddleways

  1. not comparableSo as to straddle something.

    Farther down the Yukon River the channel contracts, and the water rushes rapidly between two high cliffs. There the Mariner took his stand, straddlewise, with one foot planted on each cliff, and with his hands dipping in the water he caught the dead bodies of men as they floated past on the current.

    1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 315

Origin

From straddle + -wise.

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

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

Chicago

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