Usually means: Spread out like a fan.
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  1. fanwise: Merriam-Webster
  2. fanwise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fanwise: Wordnik
  4. fanwise: Wiktionary
  5. fanwise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. fanwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. fanwise: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fanwise)

▸ adjective:  In a radial arrangement resembling a hand-held fan.
▸ adverb:  In a fanwise manner.

Similar:
windwise, volarward, circlewise, diagonalwise, wide-handed, wavewise, spiralwise, gunwise, bladewise, starwise, more...

Opposite:
radial, centripetal, inward

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Similar:
windwise, volarward, circlewise, diagonalwise, wide-handed, wavewise, spiralwise, gunwise, bladewise, starwise, more...

Opposite:
radial, centripetal, inward



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