edgewise

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edge·wise

 (ĕj′wīz′) also edge·ways (-wāz′)
adv.
1. With the edge foremost.
2. On, by, with, or toward the edge.
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edge•wise

(ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz)

also edge•ways

(-ˌweɪz)

adv.
1. with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
2. sideways.
[1560–70]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.edgewise - with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"
2.edgewise - as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
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Edgewise moved along the oily deck, it operates like a leathern squilgee; and by nameless blandishments, as of magic, allures along with it all impurities.
"Excuse me if I go edgewise," remarked the Captain as they came to a slight hill.
"No indeed," answered the Captain, who was walking better since he began to move edgewise. "There is but one Miss Cuttenclip, who is our Queen, because she made us all.
So Zeb and the Wizard set to work and took off the wheels and the top, and then they put the buggy edgewise, so it would take up the smallest space.
Rosa therefore had to press the open book against the grating edgewise, holding above it in her right hand the lamp, but Cornelius hit upon the lucky idea of fixing it to the bars, so as to afford her a little rest.
"You'd better get dressed and come down-stairs and never mind your imaginings," said Marilla as soon as she could get a word in edgewise. "Breakfast is waiting.
Poor Gilbert hardly had a chance to get a word in edgewise. Anne felt rather relieved when they parted.
The baggage-camel had been bobbing his head to and fro for some time past, anxious to get a word in edgewise. Then I heard him say, as he cleared his throat, nervously:
"I'll take a message to the poor thing, with the greatest pleasure," answered Sergeant Cuff, before I could put in a word edgewise.
The early sun was striking edgewise on its gables and lattice-windows, touching them with gold; and some beams of its old peace seemed to touch my heart.
Whether in person or on the phone, who is ruder: the person doing all the talking, or the person who interrupts to get a word in edgewise?
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