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

Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
Dan Quayle