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edgeways

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edge·wise  (jwz) also edge·ways (-wz)
adv.
1. With the edge foremost.
2. On, by, with, or toward the edge.

edgeways [ˈɛdʒˌweɪz] esp US and Canadian, edgewise [ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz]
adv
1. with the edge forwards or uppermost they carried the piano in edgeways
2. on, by, with, or towards the edge he held it edgeways
get a word in edgeways (usually used with a negative) to succeed in interrupting a conversation in which someone else is talking incessantly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.edgeways - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
2.edgeways - with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"
Translations
edgeways [ˈedʒweɪz] edgewise [ˈedʒwaɪz] ADVde lado, de canto
I couldn't get a word in edgewaysno pude meter baza
edgeways [ˈedʒweɪz] adv [move] → latéralement
he couldn't get a word in edgeways → il ne pouvait pas placer un mot, il ne pouvait pas en placer une
edgeways
advmit der Schmalseite voran; I couldn’t get a word in edgewaysich bin überhaupt nicht zu Wort gekommen
edgeways [ˈɛdʒˌweɪz] advdi fianco
I couldn't get a word in edgeways (fam) → non sono riuscito a infilare neppure una parola
edgeways [ˈɛdʒˌweɪz] advdi fianco
I couldn't get a word in edgeways (fam) → non sono riuscito a infilare neppure una parola


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Old Hank Bunker done it once, and bragged about it; and in less than two years he got drunk and fell off of the shot-tower, and spread him- self out so that he was just a kind of a layer, as you may say; and they slid him edgeways between two barn doors for a coffin, and buried him so, so they say, but I didn't see it.
Try to keep quiet for a moment, and see how it would seem; a body can't get in a word edgeways, you talk so much.
This may be illustrated by placing books edgeways on a carpet, and then, after the manner suggested by Michell, imitating the undulations of an earthquake: it will be found that they fall with more or less readiness, according as their direction more or less nearly coincides with the line of the waves.
 
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