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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EDGEWISE, adv. [edge and wise.] With the edge turned forward, or towards a particular point; in the direction of the edge.
1. Sideways; with the side foremost.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn: edgeways, edgewise]
2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" [syn: edgewise, edgeways]

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: 1677 1. sideways 2. as if by an edge ; barely — usually used in the phrase get a word in edgewise

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Edgeways Edge"ways, Edgewise Edge"wise, adv. With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge. Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways. --Sir W. Scott.

Moby Thesaurus

aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling