bookwise

See also: book-wise

English

Alternative forms

• book-wise

Etymology

book +‎ -wise

Adverb

bookwise (not comparable)

1. In the manner of a book.

   Synonym: book-ways

   • 1878, Bret Harte, “The Man on the Beach”, in Drift From Two Shores:

     [S]he strode to the middle of the room the paper held and folded book-wise in her hands.

   • 1977, Theodore Annemann, Annemann's Card Magic, page 22:

     Unknown to the audience, the left fingers have tilted the two red top cards open bookwise […]