fanwise

[fan-wahyz]

adverb

spread out like an open fan: to hold cards fanwise.

Origin of fanwise

First recorded in 1880–85; fan¹ + -wise

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Examples from the Web for fanwise

Historical Examples of fanwise

We lowered and spread out, fanwise, from the bark and made for the whales.
Swept Out to Sea
W. Bertram Foster
He drew a dilapidated pack of cards from his pocket and spread them fanwise.
The Land of Strong Men
Arthur M. Chisholm
The chain of the hills swung sharply away to the east, and the path broadened, fanwise, east and west.
Polaris of the Snows
Charles B. Stilson