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knightwise

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Two steps in the vertical direction and one step in the horizontal direction, or vice versa, with each move, in the manner of a chess knight.
    not-comparable
  2. (Moving) with slope 2; (taking) 2n vertical steps and n horizontal steps (with n being some positive integer), or vice versa, with each move.
    broadly, not-comparable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

knitwise knobbily knockingly knottily know knowably

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