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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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