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    [Adverb]  | "edge*wise" | \ ˈej-ˌwīz \


    1: sideways

    2: as if by an edge : barely —usually used in the phrase get a word in edgewise


    Origin: 1677 ;

    [Adverb]  | "edgewise" 


    1: with one side faced forward;


      * e.g., " ... you can squeeze through the narrow passage between the two caves if you go edgewise "



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     [ "get a word in edgewise" ]

    1: To manage to say something during a conversation (usually in the negative)

      * e.g.,  ... They were too distracted to let me get a word in edgewise. 

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