nosewise

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English

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Etymology

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From nose +‎ -wise.

Adverb

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nosewise (not comparable)

  1. By means of the nose.
    • 1916, Chicago's Health, page 216:
      What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds []
    • 1981, New Scientist (volume 92, numbers 1285-1286, page 894)
      If you turn to face west again, you should be able to spot a much bigger, dimmer version of the Plough plunging nosewise towards the horizon. Just to confuse the modern stargazer utterly, this is not one constellation, but two.