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  1. edgewise: Merriam-Webster
  2. edgewise: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. edgewise: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. edgewise: Collins English Dictionary
  5. edgewise: Vocabulary.com
  6. Edgewise, edgewise: Wordnik
  7. edgewise: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. edgewise: Wiktionary
  9. edgewise: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. edgewise: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. edgewise: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. edgewise: Dictionary.com
  13. edgewise: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Edgewise (book): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Edgewise: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. edgewise: Rhymezone
  17. Edgewise: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. edgewise: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. Edgewise: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. edgewise: FreeDictionary.org
  21. edgewise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. edgewise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. edgewise: Idioms

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  1. edgewise: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (edgewise)

▸ adverb:  Edgeways.
▸ adverb:  As if by an edge.
▸ adjective:  Edgeways.

Similar:
edgeways, widthway, wedgewise, hedgewise, eastwards, sidewise, deckwise, rightways, ridgewise, whichways, more...

Opposite:
flatwise, broadside, lengthwise

Types:
bevel, chamfer, countersink, lug, rabbet, rebate, roundover, more...

Phrases:
edgewise appliance, get a word in edgewise, edgewise fixed orthodontic appliance, gets a word in edgewise, getting a word in edgewise, more...

Adjectives:
curved, other, standard, visible, slight, little, placenta



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Similar:
edgeways, widthway, wedgewise, hedgewise, eastwards, sidewise, deckwise, rightways, ridgewise, whichways, more...

Opposite:
flatwise, broadside, lengthwise

Types:
bevel, chamfer, countersink, lug, rabbet, rebate, roundover, more...

Phrases:
edgewise appliance, get a word in edgewise, edgewise fixed orthodontic appliance, gets a word in edgewise, getting a word in edgewise, got a word in edgewise, to get a word in edgewise, more...

Adjectives:
curved, other, standard, visible, slight, little, placenta



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