2. Adverb. In a fanwise manner. ¹
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Definition of Fanwise
1. spread out like an open fan [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fanwise
Literary usage of Fanwise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Regional anesthesia by Gaston Labat (1922)
"The fanwise injections, as well as the subcutaneous infiltration, ... Care should
be exercised while making the fanwise injections close to the spine not to ..."
2. The Natural History of Some Common Animals by Oswald Hawkins Latter (1904)
"The Earwigs have their flight- wings folded when at rest not only fanwise but
also transversely in a complicated manner; the cerci at the hinder end of the ..."
3. Injurious and Useful Insects: An Introduction to the Study of Economic by Louis Compton Miall (1902)
"There are two pairs of membranous reticulate wings, the hind pair larger and
folded fanwise. Larva aquatic. Order ORTHOPTERA (cockroaches, grasshoppers, ..."
4. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1921)
"175), but is not limited by a connective-tissue framework that extends fanwise
from the pars intermedia. ..."
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