edgewise
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 8
/ˈɛdʒwaɪz/
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/ˈɛdʒwaɪz/ · /ˈɛd͡ʒwaɪz/
Definition of edgewise
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adv
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Edgeways.
“By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.”
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adv
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Edgeways.
“By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.”
-
As if by an edge.
“Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn’t get a word in edgewise.”
adj
- (not-comparable)Edgeways.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From edge + -wise. Compare English edgeling (“edgeways”) and edgelong.
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