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boxwise

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English

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Etymology

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From box +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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boxwise (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a box.
    • 1958, Lady Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Walls of Jericho:
      ...lying on his side enclosed by stones that had been placed boxwise round him, and surrounded by his burial-offerings of jugs and bowls.
    • 1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931
      First, it should appear to be a part of the site and not a foreign element set up boxwise on edge to the utter humiliation of every natural thing in sight.