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Definition of edgeways in English: edgewaysadverbˈɛdʒweɪzˈɛdʒˌweɪz British With the edge uppermost or towards the viewer. an electric fan is quieter heard edgeways on than from in front or behind Example sentencesExamples - It involves digging and pickax work, as well as delicate handiwork, like carefully splitting open shales edgewise to reveal the fossils that have been trapped between the pages of rocks pasted together.
- To minimise distortion, long cylindrical objects should be quenched vertically, flat sections edgeways and thick sections should enter the bath first.
- That made him nervous, and he turned edgeways to keep an eye on him.
- In cloisonné enamelling cells, or cloisons, are built up on a thin sheet of metal by attaching metal wire or fine strips of metal fixed edgewise.
Synonyms sideways, sidewise, sidelong, sideward, edgewise, edgeways, side, flank, wing, indirect, oblique, slanting
Phrases usually with negativeContribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks incessantly. give him a bit of limelight and away he goes—no one else can get a word in edgeways Example sentencesExamples - This came as no surprise to me, for it's difficult to get a word in edgeways with the mother.
- You know there are times he would like to get a word in edgewise if he just could.
- They might have to break this group into two discussion sessions, if I'm to get a word in edgewise.
- After about an hour or two's earful of this, without being able to get a word in edgewise, we started talking over him.
- After interviewing their group at the trail head for a few minutes I could not get a word in edgewise as they began to tell me of their crazy antics.
- Right now, though, they're not getting a word in edgeways.
- You couldn't get a word in edgewise with the Brits post-game, and rest assured they raised a little heck later that night in our springing town.
- The thing is, in my mind, to be good at science communication you have to not only be good at speaking but listening too, and he rarely let anyone get a word in edgewise.
- When I could finally get a word in edgewise, I told her, through clenched teeth, that we had just discussed my age and that I was certainly sufficiently seasoned to live my own life and make my own decisions.
- I find him in the entrance hall, trying to get a word in edgeways during a lengthy mobile-phone conversation.
Definition of edgeways in US English: edgewaysadverbˈɛdʒˌweɪzˈejˌwāz British With the edge uppermost or toward the viewer. an electric fan is quieter heard edgeways on than from in front or behind Example sentencesExamples - In cloisonné enamelling cells, or cloisons, are built up on a thin sheet of metal by attaching metal wire or fine strips of metal fixed edgewise.
- It involves digging and pickax work, as well as delicate handiwork, like carefully splitting open shales edgewise to reveal the fossils that have been trapped between the pages of rocks pasted together.
- That made him nervous, and he turned edgeways to keep an eye on him.
- To minimise distortion, long cylindrical objects should be quenched vertically, flat sections edgeways and thick sections should enter the bath first.
Synonyms sideways, sidewise, sidelong, sideward, edgewise, edgeways, side, flank, wing, indirect, oblique, slanting
Phrases usually with negativeContribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks almost without pause. give him a bit of limelight and away he goes—no one else can get a word in edgeways Example sentencesExamples - This came as no surprise to me, for it's difficult to get a word in edgeways with the mother.
- You couldn't get a word in edgewise with the Brits post-game, and rest assured they raised a little heck later that night in our springing town.
- You know there are times he would like to get a word in edgewise if he just could.
- When I could finally get a word in edgewise, I told her, through clenched teeth, that we had just discussed my age and that I was certainly sufficiently seasoned to live my own life and make my own decisions.
- I find him in the entrance hall, trying to get a word in edgeways during a lengthy mobile-phone conversation.
- They might have to break this group into two discussion sessions, if I'm to get a word in edgewise.
- After about an hour or two's earful of this, without being able to get a word in edgewise, we started talking over him.
- Right now, though, they're not getting a word in edgeways.
- The thing is, in my mind, to be good at science communication you have to not only be good at speaking but listening too, and he rarely let anyone get a word in edgewise.
- After interviewing their group at the trail head for a few minutes I could not get a word in edgewise as they began to tell me of their crazy antics.
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