edgeways

Definition of edgeways in English English dictionary: With the edge facing in the direction of movement; with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"; as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"; sideways; With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge; with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise; edge·ways The spelling edgewise is also used, especially in American English. disapproval If you say that you cannot get a word in edgeways, you are complaining that you do not have the opportunity to speak because someone else is talking so much. He spent all the time talking and they could not get a word in edgeways. sideways get a word in edgeways word (26); edgewise
edgewise: Edgeways
edgewise: As if by an edge
Once his boss got started, Jim just couldn't get a word in edgewise.
get a word in edgeways: Alternative form of get a word in edgewise
not be able to get a word in edgeways: To be unable to say a single word because of someone else's talkativeness
get a word in edgeways: to manage to say something when other people are talking and ignoring you
get a word in edgeways: (usually with negative) manage to contribute to a conversation with a voluble person
get a word in edgeways: if you can't get a word in edgeways, you do not have an opportunity to say anything because someone is talking so much or so quickly
get a word in edgeways: (deyim) (Usually in negative) Find a chance to say something when others are talking
Mary talked so much that Jack couldn't get a word in edgewise.
edgewise: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
edgewise: edgeways, sideways
edgewise: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise"
edgewise: orthodontic appliance
edgewise: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise
edgewise: One cannot get in a word edgewise The [conversation is so engrossed by others] that there is no getting in a word
edgewise: With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge
edgewise: orthodontic appliance Enamel: the hard shiny surface of a tooth Erosion: a dissolution of tooth due to reason unknown Excision: cutting and harvesting the tissue usually for study of possible pathology Extraction: removal of a tooth