Found 2 items, similar to Edgewise.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: edgewise
edgewise
adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge;
“he
sawed the board edgeways”;
“held it edgewise” [syn:
edgeways]
2: as if by an edge; barely;
“I could not get a word in
edgewise” [syn:
edgeways]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Edgewise
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]