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catwise

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

In the manner of a cat.

not-comparable

Examples

“Turning with an effort from the sad cat, Amy Parker looked through the fog of the window and saw⟳ her neighbour elongate herself catwise round the corner of a shed⟳...”
“Every cat is necessarily such that its parts are arranged catwise.”
“In a happier mood, had he not been driven by hunger, he might have⟳ played with it, catwise, when it was dead, tossing it up and pretending that it was alive...”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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