edgewise

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English

Etymology

From edge +‎ -wise.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: edge‧wise

Adverb

edgewise (comparative more edgewise, superlative most edgewise)

  1. Edgeways.
    • 2013 November 11, Claus-Dieter Brauns, “Food and Clothing”, in Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh‎[1], Basel: Birkhäuser, page 131:
      By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.
  2. As if by an edge.
    Synonym: edgeways
    Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

Derived terms

Adjective

edgewise (not comparable)

  1. Edgeways.

Anagrams

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