pillionwise

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English

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Etymology

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From pillion +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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pillionwise (comparative more pillionwise, superlative most pillionwise)

  1. In the manner of a pillion.
    • 1938 July, Seabury Quinn, “Fortune's Fools”, in Weird Tales, volume 32, number 1, page 17:
      The woman placed her foot on his and leaped effortlessly to the steed's back, where she sat behind him pillionwise, her arms about his middle, her fur-framed face across his shoulder.
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