nosewise

English

Etymology

From nose +‎ -wise.

Adverb

nosewise (not comparable)

1. By means of the nose.
   • 1916, Chicago's Health, page 216:

     What are these diseases which are spread nosewise and throat-wise? Here they are, chiefly: tuberculosis, diphtheria, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough, pneumonia, cerebral fever, influenza and infectious colds […]

   • 1981, New Scientist (volume 92, numbers 1285-1286, page 894)

     If you turn to face west again, you should be able to spot a much bigger, dimmer version of the Plough plunging nosewise towards the horizon. Just to confuse the modern stargazer utterly, this is not one constellation, but two.