Associations to the word «Edgeways»

Wiktionary

EDGEWAYS, adverb. With the edge facing in the direction of movement
EDGEWAYS, adverb. With the edge uppermost

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke