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Meaning of palmwise | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

With the palm (of the hand) foremost.

not-comparable

Examples

“Dressed in black, without any relief from chain or ornament, he stood rigidly on the hearth-rug, his back to the fire, and one hand as a shield turned palmwise to the flames.”
“[…] my hand snaked out palmwise […]”

CEFR level

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

palpably palpitatingly paltrily palynologically pamperedly pamperingly

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