Edgewise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "edgewise":
     aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise,
     edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side,
     on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward,
     sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling