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    edgewise
    [ adv ]
    1. with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge

    2. <adv.all>
      he sawed the board edgeways
      held it edgewise
    3. as if by an edge; barely

    4. <adv.all>
      I could not get a word in edgewise


    Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
    With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.

    {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.

    1. "It's not often the president of the United States has trouble getting a word in edgewise," Reagan said.
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