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edgewise adverb [ ˈɛdʒwʌɪz ]

• with the edge uppermost or towards the viewer.
• "40-feet long slabs of steel, mounted edgewise one atop the other"

get a word in edgewise

• contribute to a conversation with difficulty because the other speaker talks almost without pause.
"I didn't get a word in edgewise for an hour"

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