cloudwise

English

Etymology

cloud +‎ -wise

Adverb

cloudwise (not comparable)

  1. In the form of a cloud.
    • 1897, A Balfour Symington, Atalanta:
      Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair.
    • 2003, Arthur W Pink, Gleanings in Exodus:
      Apparently its upper portion rose up to heaven in the form of a column ; its lower being spread out cloudwise, over Israel's camp.
  2. (weather) Regarding the clouds or cloud cover
    Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.
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