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edgewise

adverb

1 edgewise

With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge:
— Held it edgewise.

synonym: edgeways.

2 edgewise

As if by an edge; barely:
— I could not get a word in edgewise.

synonym: edgeways.


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