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combwise

adv

Etymology

From comb + -wise.

  1. inherited from *ǵómbʰos✻
  2. inherited from *kambaz✻
  3. inherited from *kamb✻
  4. inherited from camb
  5. inherited from comb
  6. suffixed as combwise — “comb + wise”

Definitions

  1. In the manner of a comb

    In the manner of a comb; with a scraping motion intended to straighten.

    • "Well, we have disposed of them, at any rate, which is always something gained," said the Prime Minister, passing his fingers combwise through his beard...

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