fanwise
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of fanwise
Example Sentences
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“Teamwise or fanwise, I think the Garden is still the Garden,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2010
Out from Puerto Rico, fanwise over eastern Caribbean waters, the U. S. Navy's patrol squadron 51 has kept an aerial peace watch since Sept.
From Time Magazine Archive
From there it spread fanwise through the hills, north to Jalisco, south to Oaxaca.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Chicago fanwise over the world last week began to spread the autumn and winter editions of the mail order catalogs of Sears, Roebuck and of Montgomery Ward.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bigger stooped and saw, through the cracks of the furnace, the coal spreading out fanwise over the red bed of fire.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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