Associations to the word «Edgewise»
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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.