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]