militarywise
English
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editmilitarywise (not comparable)
- In the fashion of the military.
- 1881, “In the Sunny Rhineland”, in Charles Dickens, Jr, editor, All the Year Round, volume 27, page 437:
- […] a perfect Babel of voices accompanies the clatter of plates and knives and the tramp of the waiters as they march in, militarywise, in double file, with fresh dishes.
- In military terms.
- 2002, Richard Polenberg, In the matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: the security clearance hearing, page 187:
- It seemed to me we had a much better chance militarywise in perfecting our A-bomb weapons.