1588 R. Greene sig. H The yoong Prince..writ him an a[n]swer Sonnet-wise, to this effect.
1645 J. Howell v. xxiii. 27 I send you the inclosed verses Sonet-wise.
1824 23 Aug. 277/3 Verses written sonnet-wise On London's learned Lord.
1988 C. Ricks vii. 274 ‘River’ sounds as if it may be striking up a relation with ‘frontier’, sonnet-wise.