Home › Words › U › underwiseunderwiseunderwise means on or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, underwise ranks #8,542 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom under + -wise.advOn or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath.e.g.“[…] next stuff the skin of the leg of mutton, sew it underwise, wrap the whole in a cloth, and braize it […]” — 1822, Louis Eustache Ude, The French cook:Below; hereafter.e.g.“Then as how to continue the quotations self-praise, and description of matters as hardly never occured^([sic]) or transpirated, follows underwise: […]” — 1866, “A New View of an Old Riot”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round:nounUnderside.adjLacking adequate or sufficient wisdom; insufficiently wise.e.g.“Let us, therefore, be neither overwise nor underwise, neither hasty nor tardy, but liberal, tolerant, and full of hope.” — 1847, The herald of truth:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).