saltirewise

[ sal-tir-wahyz, -tahyuh r, sawl- ]

/ ˈsæl tɪrˌwaɪz, -taɪər, ˈsɔl- /

adverb Heraldry.

in the direction or manner of a saltire.

QUIZZES

CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Also sal·tire·ways

[sal-tir-weyz, -tahyuh r-, sawl-] /ˈsæl tɪrˌweɪz, -taɪər-, ˈsɔl-/.

Origin of saltirewise

First recorded in 1715–25; saltire + -wise

Words nearby saltirewise

saltimbocca, saltine, salting, salting out, saltire, saltirewise, saltish, saltless, saltness, salto, salton sea