weatherwiseadv.
/ˈwɛðəwʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌwaɪz/ Originally U.S.
As regards the weather.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > [adverb]
meteorically1882
weatherwise1963
1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 250 The practice [of forming adverbs from nouns by adding -wise] quickly spread from the admen to the bureaucrats and the educationists and soon yielded curriculumwise,..personnelwise and weatherwise.
1971 Country Life 21 Oct. 1084/1 October is usually a very good month weatherwise.
1975 Budget (Sugarcreek, Ohio) 20 Mar. 15/6 Weatherwise the last week has been real nice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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