deathwise

English

Etymology

From death +‎ -wise.

Adverb

deathwise (not comparable)

1. 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.