"bedwise" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From bed + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bed|-wise}} bed + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} bedwise (not comparable)
  1. With regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bedwise-en-adv-GCJ6zA1K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wise

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          "ref": "1997, R[onald] Chetwynd-Hayes, “Rudolph”, in Stephen Jones, editor, The Mammoth Book of Dracula: Vampire Tales for the New Millennium, London: Robinson Publishing, page 302",
          "text": "I mean, every woman there from sixteen to eighty was giving him the what-about-it-sign and I — let's be honest — had nothing bedwise to offer.",
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        {
          "ref": "1999, Carol Smith, Family Reunion, New York, N.Y.: Mysterious Press, page 180",
          "text": "While the others got sorted out bedwise, Madeleine and Élodie lingered on in the kitchen and helped Clemency clear up the remains of the meal.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Anne Weale [pseudonym; Jay Blakeney], A Spanish Honeymoon, Richmond: Mills & Boon, page 277",
          "text": "'What I didn't...still don't understand is why you held off from trying me out, bedwise, before taking me on as a wife,' said Liz. 'If you had been a shy man, awkward with women, it might have made sense. But for Valdecarrasca's notorious womaniser to hold back seemed very peculiar.'",
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          "ref": "2009, Megan Abbott, Bury Me Deep, Waterville, M.E.: Thorndike Press, page 300",
          "text": "She sitting here behind a crossbar and what of Joe Lanigan, sprawling bedwise with his nurse-whore?",
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        "With regard to a bed or beds; often in allusion to sex."
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