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edgeways

Adverb

edge=ways

WORDNET DICTIONARY

edgeways(r = adv.all) edgewise - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
edgeways(r = adv.all) edgewise - with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"

edgeways, adv.

With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. [1913 Webster]

"the form edgeways is now uncommon." [PJC]

"Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways." [1913 Webster]

edgeways, adv. (also edgewise)
1 with the edge uppermost or towards the viewer.
2 edge to edge.

Idiom

get a word in edgeways contribute to a conversation when the dominant speaker pauses briefly.

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