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edgewise
adverb
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
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ˈɛdʒwaɪz
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adverb
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
“he sawed the board edgeways”
adverb
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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