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edgeways

adverb

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

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Word length
8
Starts with
E
Ends with
S
Contains
DG
Scrabble score
16

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adverb

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

    “he sawed the board edgeways”

adverb

  1. as if by an edge; barely

    “I could not get a word in edgewise”

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he sawed the board edgeways
held it edgewise
I could not get a word in edgewise

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