IWIS

Definition: IWIS

IWIS

Adverb

1. Indeed; truly. See Ywis.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "IWIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references)

Note: Iwis \I*wis"\, adverb. Indeed; truly. See Ywis. [Written also iwys, iwisse, etc.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: IWIS

Etymologies containing "IWIS": Ywis. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Iwis your grandam had a worser match.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Derivations
	Words ending with "IWIS": kiwis. (additional references)
	Words containing "IWIS": contrariwise. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-i-s-w"
	-1 letter: wis.
	-2 letters: is, si.
	Words containing the letters "i-i-s-w"
	+1 letter: kiwis.
	+2 letters: widish, winish, wising.
	+3 letters: airwise, bigwigs, dimwits, eiswein, intwist, inwinds, miswrit, nitwits, swinish, swiping, swiving, twibils, wakikis, wapitis, whities, whitish, widdies, wienies, wikiups, wildish, wiliest, willies, wimpish, winiest, wiriest, wirings, wishing, wispier, wispily, wisping, wispish, wissing, wisting, withies, withins.
	+4 letters: eisweins, fishwife, intwines, intwists, lewisite, likewise, midwifes, midwives, miswrite, periwigs, semiwild, sidewise, sinewing, swainish, swigging, swilling, swimmier, swimmily, swimming, swimsuit, swingier, swinging, swinking, swirlier, swirling, swishier, swishing, twibills, twiniest, twinship, twistier, twisting, viewiest, viewings, waisting, waitings, weirdies, whimsied, whimsies, whiniest, whinnies, whirlies, whirries, whishing, whiskies, whisking, whisting, whitiest, whitings, wickings, wickiups, wicopies, wiftiest, wiggiest, wiggings, wildings, wiliness, wimpiest, windiest, windigos, windings, wineries, wineskin, wingiest, wingtips, winnings, wiriness, wiselier, wispiest, wisplike, wistaria, wisteria, withiest, witlings, wittiest, wittings, wristier, writings.
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