edgewise
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adverb \-ˌwīz\Definition of EDGEWISE
1
: sideways
2
: as if by an edge : barely —usually used in the phrase get a word in edgewise
See Examples of EDGEWISE
- <you can squeeze through the narrow passage between the two caves if you go edgewise>
First Known Use of EDGEWISE
1677
Rhymes with EDGEWISE
abscise, advise, apprise, apprize, arise, assize, baptize, bite-size, breadthwise, capsize, chastise, clockwise, coastwise, cognize, comprise, crabwise, crack wise, crosswise, demise, despise, devise, disguise, disprize, door prize, downsize, earthrise, emprise, endwise, excise, fanwise, franchise, full-size, grecize, high-rise, incise, king-size, leastwise, lengthwise, Levi's, life-size, likewise, low-rise, man-size, mid-rise, midsize, misprize, moonrise, nowise, outsize, piecewise, pint-size, premise, quantize, queen-size, remise, reprise, revise, rightsize, slantwise, streetwise, stylize, suffice, sunrise, surmise, surprise, trim size, twin-size, unwise, uprise
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