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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
edgewise
    adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he
           sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn:
           edgeways, edgewise]
    2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in
       edgewise" [syn: edgewise, edgeways]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
   With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
   [1913 Webster]

   to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an
      opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech
      from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I
      couldn't get a word in edgewise.

   Note: the form edgeways is now uncommon.
         [PJC]

               Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
         [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for edgewise:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling
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