adverb
1. with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge (Freq. 1)
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he sawed the board edgeways
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held it edgewise
• Syn: ↑edgeways
2. as if by an edge; barely
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I could not get a word in edgewise
• Syn: ↑edgeways
Useful english dictionary. 2012.