thiswise, adv. Now rare.
(ˈðɪswaɪz)
[Short for a (on) this wise.]
In this manner, thus.
| 13.. Cursor M. 11971 (Cott.) ‘Sun’, sco said ‘[wirk] noght þis wise’. 1509 Barclay Shyp of Folys (1570) 244 Howe darest thou wretched men this wise abuse? 1530 Tindale Answ. More Wks. (1572) 254/2 Whiche text may this wise be vnderstand. 1846 H. W. Torrens Rem. Milit. Hist. 166 This-wise they slowly pursued their journey. |