edgewise

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edge·wise (

) also edge·ways (-w

)

adv.

1. With the edge foremost.

2. On, by, with, or toward the edge.

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Adv.	1.	edgewise - with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" edgeways
	2.	edgewise - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" edgeways

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