[
UK
/ˈɛdʒweɪz/
]
[ US /ˈɛdʒˌweɪz/ ]
[ US /ˈɛdʒˌweɪz/ ]
ADVERB
-
with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge
he sawed the board edgeways
held it edgewise -
as if by an edge; barely
I could not get a word in edgewise
How To Use edgeways In A Sentence
- Lo and behold, get a bit of nicotine down him and a nice cappuccino, and you can't get a word in edgeways.
- Roz was talking so much that nobody else could get a word in edgeways!
- In many places basalt in piles and crumbling strata of hornblende schiste, disposed edgeways, green within, and without blackened by sun and rain, cropped out of the ground. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah
- He's cocky and egotistical and it's near impossible to get a word in edgeways.
- To minimise distortion, long cylindrical objects should be quenched vertically, flat sections edgeways and thick sections should enter the bath first.
- `I can remember when it was impossible to get a word in edgeways. FINAL RESORT
- And I've got so much to talk about nobody else'll get a word in edgeways. MR STARLIGHT
- He had not been able to get a word in edgeways at The Collier's Arms to his great frustration. GOODBYE CURATE
- Beppo stretched out his arm, and chopped his hand edgeways five testificatory times on the shoulder-ridge. Vittoria — Volume 2
- That made him nervous, and he turned edgeways to keep an eye on him.
