floorwise

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

floor +‎ -wise

Adverb[edit]

floorwise (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, nonce word) Like a floor.
    • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “A Drama of Exile”, in Poems. [], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, [], →OCLC, page 32:
      While our feet struck glories / Outward, smooth and fair, / Which we stood on floorwise, / Platformed in mid air.

Adjective[edit]

floorwise (not comparable)

  1. (India, nonstandard) Based on, or in terms of, the floor.
    floorwise building plans; floorwise area calculations