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  • adverb In terms of size.

Etymologies

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size +‎ -wise

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Examples

  • I do read the ingredient labels because of this but I doubt I would have caught that they were comparing apples to oranges sizewise ...

    Ha! I caught you, Dreyers Anne-Marie 2008

  • I knew a kid like that in elementary, he was exactly like that until a bigger kid (sizewise) got tired of him (weird, cause the bigger kid was very calm and had the best grades ever) and piledrived him to the stairways and sent him to the hospital.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This kid is awesome… 2007

  • In your pic it looks similar to tindora (sizewise, I mean)?

    Gujarati Series: Parwar-Batata Curry Cardamom 2007

  • The actual idea mesh would be running into “Wheel of Time” territory, sizewise.

    Just In Case You Were Wondering « Whatever 2007

  • The port not only geographically, of course, a straight shot across, but also just sizewise, it can hold a lot of ships.

    CNN Transcript Jul 19, 2006 2006

  • She is currently in a Motherease nappy and wrap; they are lovely and soft and fluffy and seemed to fit well, though she is clearly at the upper limit, sizewise, for the Large size nappies.

    Poison Vitamins and New Nappies ailbhe 2005

  • [Illustration] "Yes, we had to up it a bit sizewise," Fay explained in clipped tones.

    The Creature from Cleveland Depths Fritz Leiber 1951

  • Conservation pays off The King Ranch might be the world's most famous, in part for being compared sizewise to the state of Rhode Island.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Conservation pays off The King Ranch might be the world's most famous, in part for being compared sizewise to the state of Rhode Island.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • Of all the receivers, Britt is more in the Burress mold, at least sizewise.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

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