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Meaning of lashwise | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

In the manner of a whiplash.

nonce-word, not-comparable

Examples

““Come, Yankee,” here swore the incensed private; “cease this, or I’ll darn your old fawn-skins for ye with the flat of this sword;” for a specimen, laying it lashwise, but not heavily, across the captive’s back.”

CEFR level

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

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