lovewise
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]lovewise (not comparable)
- In terms of love; when it comes to love.
- 1970 January, Joyce Elbert, The Crazy Ladies, Signet Books, page 264:
- Life is worth the living since you made it plain to see that lovewise you're perfect for me.
- 1984, Dan Jenkins, Semi-tough, New York: Atheneum, page 250:
- Barb finally said, “Did he ever tell you that he thought you and I would make a better twosome, lovewise, than he and I?”
- 1991, Eliza Clark, chapter 15, in Miss You Like Crazy, Toronto: Coach House Press, page 193:
- It shamed Maylou that she hadn’t done better lovewise for her mama.
- 1993 [1988], Benoîte Groult, “Disney World” (chapter 7), in Mo Teitelbaum, transl., Salt on Our Skin, Penguin Books, page 121:
- Things weren't going too well for George either, lovewise. So it took only a few letters to rekindle their longing to see each other again, to sleep together, to appease each other's need, even if only for a few days.