adv. phr. rare. [Properly two words, WHAT a. (13) + WISE sb.] In what manner; how. Also in whatwise.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 20398. Of vs es nan þat wat for quam, Ne wat quat-wis we heder cam.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 904. Seie me in what wise þat þat hache þe haldes.
c. 1460. Towneley Myst., xxix. 36. I shall you tell what-wyse and how.
1513. Douglas, Æneis, IV. Prol. 188. With Venus henvifis quhat wyse may I flite?
1905. J. B. Bury, Life St. Patrick, vii. 139. Tell us how we may know him [God], in whatwise he will appear.
