What does edgewise mean?
Edgewise means Edgeways..
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/ˈɛdʒwaɪz/ · adverb
Edgeways..
By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.
Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn’t get a word in edgewise.
Use edgewise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Edgewise means Edgeways..
Common synonyms include edgeways.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
By placing the sword edgewise, the weaver keeps the countershed open, in order to shoot through the shuttle.
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