valleywise

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English

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Etymology

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valley +‎ -wise

Adjective

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valleywise (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly India) In terms of valleys.

Adverb

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valleywise (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly India) In terms of valleys.
    • 1981, Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, Asian Highland Societies in Anthropological Perspective, page 255:
      The Bhotia population is primarily seggregated[sic] valleywise; each valley-based group exhibits apparent customary characterstics[sic] which, in effect, help to register these valleys as being unique social constituencies []