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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley