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Frenchwise
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English
Etymology
From en French wise.
Adverb
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In the French manner or style.
en 1866 Edward Deacon Girdlestone Memory Helped 11 and in the sixth line “Re” must be pronounced Frenchwise, as if it were “Er.”
en 1937 2007 w:Gene Andrew Jarrett w:Claude McKay A Long Way from Home New Brunswick, NJ w:Rutgers University Press 6rlhYUiCfq4C 200 Frenchwise But toward the end of the evening, when we all began kissing one another on both cheeks, Frenchwise, bidding Lucien a last farewell, a sailor started singing the “Internationale.”