Associations to the word «Edgeways»

Wiktionary

EDGEWAYS, adverb. With the edge facing in the direction of movement
EDGEWAYS, adverb. With the edge uppermost

Dictionary definition

EDGEWAYS, adverb. As if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise".
EDGEWAYS, adverb. With the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley