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flankwise

adv

Etymology

From flank + -wise.

  1. derived from *kleng-✻ — “to bend”
  2. derived from *hlankaz✻ — “flexible, sleek, bendsome”
  3. derived from *hlanku✻ — “bend, curve, hip, flank”
  4. derived from *hlanca✻
  5. derived from flanc
  6. inherited from flanc — “flank”
  7. inherited from flanc
  8. suffixed as flankwise — “flank + wise”

Definitions

  1. In terms of, or by means of, a flank.

    • The battalion advanced flankwise.

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