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edgewise 音標拼音: ['ɛdʒw ,ɑɪz] ad. 向邊緣地 向邊緣地 edgewise adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; " he sawed the board edgeways"; " held it edgewise" [ synonym: { edgeways}, { edgewise}] 2: as if by an edge; barely; " I could not get a word in edgewise" [ synonym: { edgewise}, { edgeways}] Edgeways \ Edge" ways\, Edgewise \ Edge" wise\, adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " edgewise": aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling
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