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edgewise
(encz) | edgewise,bokem Zdeněk Brož |
Edgewise
(gcide) | Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
[1913 Webster]
to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an
opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech
from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I
couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form edgeways is now uncommon.
[PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] |
edgewise
(wn) | edgewise
adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he
sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn:
edgeways, edgewise]
2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in
edgewise" [syn: edgewise, edgeways] |
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Edgewise
(gcide) | Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
[1913 Webster]
to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an
opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech
from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I
couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form edgeways is now uncommon.
[PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] |
to get a word in edgewise
(gcide) | Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
[1913 Webster]
to get a word in edgewise to succeed in expressing an
opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech
from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I
couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form edgeways is now uncommon.
[PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster] |
Wedgewise
(gcide) | Wedgewise \Wedge"wise`\, adv.
In the manner of a wedge.
[1913 Webster] |
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