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Example sentences from the Web for edgewaysSay, fellows, why won't some of you let me get a word in edgeways? The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island|Edward Stratemeyer It was some minutes before their nerves were restored, and I had time to get a few words in edgeways between their greetings. Some of the little farms on the hillside opposite Heidelberg were stood up "edgeways." A Tramp Abroad, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) As soon as I could get a word in edgeways I begged them to be quiet, but Selina was excited and disowned us all. Cleo The Magnificent|Louis Zangwill
At last, edgeways, I reached a pale and melancholy ticket-collector, and asked him where I should find the address mentioned. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, April 2, 1892|Various
edgewaysesp US and Canadian edgewise (ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz)SEE SYNONYMS FOR edgeways ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbwith the edge forwards or uppermostthey carried the piano in edgeways on, by, with, or towards the edgehe held it edgeways get a word in edgeways (usually used with a negative) to succeed in interrupting a conversation in which someone else is talking incessantly Words nearby edgewaysedger, edger-feeder, Edgerton, edge tool, edge wave, edgeways, edgewise, Edgewood, Edgeworth, edging, edging lobelia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to edgewaysoblique, side, obliquely, sidelong, crabwise, flanking, side-by-side, sideward, sidewise, skirting, alongside, aside, athwart, indirectly, laterally, slanting, sloping, aslant, aslope, broadside |