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-wise

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See also: wise, Wise, and WISE

English

Etymology

From Middle English -wis, from Old English -wīs (“-wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *-wīs, from Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz, from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise, skilled, knowledgeable”), related to Old English wīs, wīse (“manner, way, fashion”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian -wiese, Dutch -wijs, German -weise, Danish -vis, Swedish -vis, Norwegian Bokmål -vis (“-wise”). More at wise (“way, manner”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /waɪz/
- Audio (US): (file)

Suffix

-wise

In the direction or orientation of.
The gaoler slowly turned the key clockwise.
In the manner of.
You need to follow the instructions carefully; otherwise, the project may not turn out.

Contrariwise, it could be a good idea.
In the matter of; with regard to.
This morning looks promising, weather-wise.
- 1919, Saki, “The Penance”, in The Toys of Peace, page 423:
  They had parents in India—that much Octavian had learned in the neighbourhood; the children, beyond grouping themselves garment-wise into sexes, a girl and two boys, carried their life-story no further on his behoof.
- 1958, “Come Fly With Me”, performed by Frank Sinatra:
  Weather-wise, it's such a lovely day
One at a time, or one thing at a time.
Add the reagent dropwise to the solution.

Usage notes

The suffix -wise is particularly productive in Indian English. See for example classwise, datewise, subjectwise.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -wise

coefficientwise

counterclockwise

countercurrentwise

Related terms

-way, -ways

Translations

in the direction or orientation of

Arabic: بِاتِّجاه, مَع (ar) (maʕ)
Hungarian: szerint (hu), irányában (hu), irányába, (of a clock) járása szerint, járásával egyezően/megegyezően
Swedish: åt (sv)

in the manner of

Arabic: مِن جِهة (min jiha)
Danish: -vis
Hungarian: -szerűen, -képpen (hu), módjára, módon (hu)
Norwegian: -vis (no)

in the matter of, with regard to

Danish: -mæssig
Finnish: suhteen (fi)
German: -mäßig (de)
Hungarian: terén, -lag (hu), -leg (hu), tekintetében, vonatkozásában, dolgában, illetően (hu), illetőleg (hu), kapcsán (hu), kapcsolatban (hu)
Swedish: -mässig (sv)
Welsh: o ran

one (thing) at a time

Hungarian: -onként, -anként, -enként, -önként
Japanese: ずつ (ja) (zutsu)
Swedish: -vis (sv)

Anagrams

Siew, wies

Old English

Etymology

From wīse (“manner, way, condition, direction”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌwiː.se/, [ˌwiː.ze]

Suffix

-wīse

(noun suffix) state of, manner of, condition; direction
‎riht (“just, right”) + ‎-wīse → ‎rihtwīse (“righteousness, justice”)

‎cniht (“boy, youth”) + ‎-wīse → ‎cnihtwīse (“boyishness”)

‎cyne- (“public, nation, kindred”) + ‎-wīse → ‎cynewīse (“commonweath, state”)

‎lēoþ (“song, tune, poem”) + ‎-wīse → ‎lēoþwīse (“poetry, verse”)

‎bēag (“ring, hoop, circle”) + ‎-wīse → ‎bēagwīse (“sphere, circular form”)
(noun suffix) the custom or fashion of
‎mynster (“minister”) + ‎-wīse → ‎mynsterwīse (“monastic custom”)

‎fierd (“militia”) + ‎-wīse → ‎fierdwīse (“military style”)
(adverbial suffix) in the manner or fashion of; in the direction of
‎hyse (“son, youth”) + ‎-wīse → ‎hysewīse (“like a young man”)

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	-wīse	-wīsan
accusative	-wīsan	-wīsan
genitive	-wīsan	-wīsena
dative	-wīsan	-wīsum

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