In the manner or style of the game halma; according to the rules or movement patterns of halma.
From halma with the adverbial suffix -wise, meaning 'in the manner or direction of.' The -wise suffix comes from Old English wisan meaning 'to turn' or 'manner.'
The -wise suffix is fascinating because it's one of the few English suffixes that's actually increasing in use—we now say clockwise, lengthwise, and even create new ones like weatherwise, showing how productive this ancient morpheme still is.
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