toadwise

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adverb

In the manner of a toad.

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Meanings

adverbtoadwise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn the manner of a toad.

    When she moved the book the ancient toad hopped off silently, toadwise.

    2002, Janet Fox, A Witch's Dozen, page 69
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    O dainty dew, O morning dew / That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you / And the sweet grass and manful oaks / Give lair and rest / To him who toadwise sits and croaks / His death-behest?

    a. 1881, Sidney Lanier, Strange Jokes

    To ask whether something on the kitchen counter is the same toad that was in the garden this morning is to ask whether the object in the garden this morning that was modified toadwise is still modified toadwise.

    2022, Steven Luper, Mortal Objects, page 74

Origin

From toad + -wise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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