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edgewise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial edgewise has 2 senses
- edgewise(r = adv.all) edgeways - with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"
- edgewise(r = adv.all) edgeways - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
CIDE DICTIONARY
edgewise, 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]
THESAURUS
edgewise
aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling
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