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Meaning of EDGEWAYS

Pronunciation:  'ej`weyz

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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

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

 

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