"ridgewise" meaning in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ridge",
        "3": "wise"
      },
      "expansion": "ridge + -wise",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ridge + -wise",
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      "expansion": "ridgewise (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -wise",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore, page 50",
          "text": "And he went therein a good two hour or more, until he saw upon his left side how the land rose up ridgewise like the back of a great hog: and for all that it was night, yet he saw the top of the ridge clearly, as it were a black line […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the manner of a ridge or ridges."
      ],
      "id": "en-ridgewise-en-adv-1BVu5gpN",
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ridgewise"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ridge",
        "3": "wise"
      },
      "expansion": "ridge + -wise",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "ridge + -wise",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ridgewise (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -wise",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1915, Sir Henry John Newbolt, Aladore, page 50",
          "text": "And he went therein a good two hour or more, until he saw upon his left side how the land rose up ridgewise like the back of a great hog: and for all that it was night, yet he saw the top of the ridge clearly, as it were a black line […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the manner of a ridge or ridges."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ridgewise"
}