volumewise adverb4 •Regarding volume or volumes (in any sense of those words); in terms of volume or volumes. •Regarding the amount of change measured absolutely rather than relatively (i.e., as a fraction of an earlier baseline value).They keep reporting their sales increases volumewise — because big numbers sound impressive — but what the investors care about is the percentagewise figure, which is anemic at only 0.4%.Our sales are doing fine volumewise, but our margins are too low. We need to increase efficiency somehow. •Regarding volume or volumes (amount of space occupied); in terms of volume or volumes.Volumewise, Lake Baikal is the largest freshwater lake on Earth, but areawise, Lake Superior is the largest. •Regarding volume (loudness of sound).There's nothing wrong with the audio volumewise — I can hear it loud and clear. But the tone color is weirdly distorted.
