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Edgewise

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Adverb

1. edgeways, edgewise

with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge

Example Sentences:
'he sawed the board edgeways'
'held it edgewise'

edgeways

2. edgeways, edgewise

as if by an edge; barely

Example Sentences:
'I could not get a word in edgewise'

edgeways

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Edgewise

see synonyms of edgewise

adverb

with the edge foremost; on, by, with, or toward the edge

: also Chiefly British ˈedgeˌways (ˈɛdʒˌweɪz ; ejˈwāzˌ)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Edgewise

see synonyms of edgewise

adv.

1. With the edge foremost.

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

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