Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a shuttle; with the motion of a shuttle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Back and forth, like the movement of a shuttle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Back and forth , like ashuttle .
Etymologies
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shuttle + -wise
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Examples
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But cool airs crept along the water, and the ferry-boats, thrust shuttlewise back and forth between either shore, made a refreshing sound as they crushed a broad course to foam with their paddles.
The Lady of the Aroostook William Dean Howells 1878
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