hedgewise

English

Etymology

From hedge +‎ -wise.

Adverb

hedgewise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a hedge.
    • 1871, Margaret Hosmer, Blanche Gilroy: A Girl's Story, page 279:
      With that away she went, and he, dismounting, caught sight of her disappearing from among the shining magnolia-trees that were planted hedgewise round the lawn.
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