Turkwise

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English

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Etymology

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From Turk +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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Turkwise (comparative more Turkwise, superlative most Turkwise)

  1. In the manner of a Turk or Turks.
    • 1835, Robert Montgomery Bird, Cortes; or, The fall of Mexico, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, page 120:
      "What if I give him the bastinado, Turkwise? Methinks that would bring him into a sounder temper."