Word: blockwise
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: block
wise
Definition: Allowing movement vertically or horizontally only, as if navigating the edges of a grid pattern.
Morphemes:
Affix: block
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The distance from one street to another in a city or suburb that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
Affix: -wise
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: in the direction or orientation of