netwise adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •(rare) Like a net or lattice; netlike, latticelike.Yet despite its collapse, this long-shot to front-runner campaign stands out as the best example to date of what a netwise operation can achieve. — 2006 adverb1 •(rare) In the manner or configuration of a netNature, as Bacon pithily says, joins her work rather 'netwise than chainwise.' — 1883 formsmore netwise · most netwise