edgewise

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UK/ˈɛdʒwaɪz/US/ˈɛd͡ʒwaɪz/

adverb

Edgeways.

“Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn’t get a word in edgewise.”

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Meanings

adverbedgewise (comparative more edgewise, superlative most edgewise)

comparative more edgewise · superlative most edgewise

  1. Edgeways.

    By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.

    2013 November 11, Claus-Dieter Brauns, “Food and Clothing”, in Mru: Hill People on the Border of Bangladesh, Basel: Birkhäuser, page 131
  2. As if by an edge.

    Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn’t get a word in edgewise.

    Synonyms: edgeways

adjectiveedgewise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableEdgeways.

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbAs if by an edge.

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More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge

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adverbas if by an edge; barely

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From edge + -wise. Compare English edgeling (“edgeways”) and edgelong.

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APA

edgewise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edgewise

MLA

“edgewise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edgewise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edgewise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edgewise.

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