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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 Translations edgeways [ˈedʒweɪz] edgewise [ˈedʒwaɪz] ADV → de lado, de canto I couldn't get a word in edgeways → no 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 adv → mit der Schmalseite voran; I couldn’t get a word in edgeways → ich bin überhaupt nicht zu Wort gekommen How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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