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edgewise

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of edgewise

with one side faced forward

you can squeeze through the narrow passage between the two caves if you go edgewise

Synonyms of edgewise

broadside, crabwise, edgeways [chiefly British], sideways, sidewise

Words Related to edgewise

aslant, indirectly, obliquely

laterally, sideward (or sidewards)

Near Antonyms of edgewise

dead, direct, right, straight

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