"boxwise" meaning in English

See boxwise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Etymology: box + -wise Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|box|wise}} box + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} boxwise (not comparable)
  1. In the form of a box. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-boxwise-en-adv-Pf3f6S~F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wise

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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1958, Lady Margaret Collingridge Wheeler, Walls of Jericho",
          "text": "...lying on his side enclosed by stones that had been placed boxwise round him, and surrounded by his burial-offerings of jugs and bowls.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931",
          "text": "First, it should appear to be a part of the site and not a foreign element set up boxwise on edge to the utter humiliation of every natural thing in sight."
        }
      ],
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        "In the form of a box."
      ],
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          "ref": "1992?, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1894-1931",
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        "In the form of a box."
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