deathwise
English
Etymology
death + -wise
Adverb
deathwise (not comparable)
- In terms of death or deaths.
- 1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective (page 160)
- Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.
- 2011, K. Bennett, Pay Me In Flesh (page 258)
- I had nothing to fear, deathwise, from a stupid wolf. I threw myself at the fur bag, wrapping my left arm around his neck, and with my right hand clawed his eyes.
- 1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective (page 160)