Associations to the word «Edgewise»

Wiktionary

EDGEWISE, adverb. Edgeways.
EDGEWISE, adverb. As if by an edge.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle