释义 |
wrong-wise, adv. [f. wrong a. + wise n.1 II.] In a wrong or reverse manner.
1849Rock Ch. of Fathers IV. xi. 99 The illuminations, that they might be seen in their true position by the people, had to be limned wrong-wise up with regard to the writing. 1903A. H. Lewis Boss i. 6, I found such stimulus [sc. beatings with hickory] to go much against the grain and to grievously rub wrong-wise the fur of my fancy. |