2. Adverb. With a ringlike layout or motion. ¹
3. Adjective. Skilled at fighting from familiarity with the boxing ring. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ringwise
1. in the manner of a ring [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringwise
Literary usage of Ringwise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... but ringwise at about the middle of the length of the zooid, and immediately
beyond the zooid they anastomose so as to form a regular mesh- work. ..."
2. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... the intestine seems nipped in ringwise, as if tied round with an invisible
cord; and the part so constricted, previously vascular and red, becomes pale ..."
3. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"... along a rule or ringwise, to vary any alphabet, even this of points," &c.
Now these three systems were explained and illustrated by diagrams in detail, ..."
4. A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines for by Thomas Ewbank (1849)
"5, " a way by circular motion, either along a rule or ringwise, to vary any
alphabet, even this of points," &c. Now these three systems were explained and ..."
5. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"... the intestine seems nipped in ringwise, as if tied round with an invisible
cord ; and the part so constricted, previously vascular and red, becomes pale ..."
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