bachelorwise

English

Etymology

bachelor +‎ -wise

Adverb

bachelorwise (not comparable)

  1. In the manner of a bachelor; (as though) living alone as a single man.
    • 1891, Herman Charles Merivale, Sir Frank Thomas Marzials, John Parker Anderson, Life of W. M. Thackeray, page 113:
      […] and that though he retained the house in Great Coram Street for some time longer, he only occupied it fitfully, and that bachelorwise.
    • 1995, David Foster, Plumbum: The Ultimate Heavy Metal Experience, page 38:
      He's talking to himself, bachelorwise, and scowling at the map like a preacher reading Playboy.
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