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
The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and
nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar
words.