toadwise

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

toad +‎ -wise

Adverb[edit]

toadwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a toad.
    • a. 1881, Sidney Lanier, Strange Jokes:
      O dainty dew, O morning dew / That gleamed in the world's first dawn, did you / And the sweet grass and manful oaks / Give lair and rest / To him who toadwise sits and croaks / His death-behest?
    • 2002, Janet Fox, A Witch's Dozen, page 69:
      When she moved the book the ancient toad hopped off silently, toadwise.
    • 2022, Steven Luper, Mortal Objects, page 74:
      To ask whether something on the kitchen counter is the same toad that was in the garden this morning is to ask whether the object in the garden this morning that was modified toadwise is still modified toadwise.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=toadwise&oldid=75936594"