Associations to the word «Edgewise»

Wiktionary

EDGEWISE, adverb. Edgeways.
EDGEWISE, adverb. As if by an edge.

Dictionary definition

EDGEWISE, adverb. With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise".
EDGEWISE, adverb. As if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats