edgeways
British
/ ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz, ˈɛdʒˌweɪz /
adverb
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with the edge forwards or uppermost
they carried the piano in edgeways
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on, by, with, or towards the edge
he held it edgeways
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(usually used with a negative) to succeed in interrupting a conversation in which someone else is talking incessantly
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