edgeways

Variant of edgewise

edgewise definition

edge·wise (ej′wīz′)

adverb

with the edge foremost; on, by, with, or toward the edge
also Chiefly Brit.edgeways edge′·ways′ (-wāz′)
edgewise Idioms

get a word in edgewise

to manage to say something in a conversation being monopolized by another or others

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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