edgewise

Speech parts

1. edgewise - Adjective

2. edgewise - Adverb

Meaning

With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

edgeways side broadside floor alongside aside lateral indirectly oblique sideways laterally sidewise askance sidelong asquint
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Antonyms

direct nearly straight virtually perpendicular silence
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Examples

he sawed the board edgeways Source: Internet

held it edgewise Source: Internet

I could not get a word in edgewise Source: Internet

He explained: “I am a political humorist, and it’s been impossible to be funnier than Hillary’s pantsuits; and I’m a political commentator, and I simply can’t get a word in edgewise with Donald Trump around.” Source: Internet

Poor Teddy, he barely got in a word edgewise. Source: Internet

Garner and O’Mara, the two other actors to get a few words in edgewise, deliver solidly. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

edgeway edgeways edgewear Edgewood edgework Edgeworth