edgewise

[ ej-wahyz ]

/ ˈɛdʒˌwaɪz /

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adverb

with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.

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Idioms about edgewise

get a word in edgewise, to succeed in entering a conversation or expressing one's opinion in spite of competition or opposition: There were so many people talking at once that I couldn't get a word in edgewise.

Also edge·ways

[ej-weyz]. /ˈɛdʒˌweɪz/.

Origin of edgewise

First recorded in 1560–70; edge + -wise

Words nearby edgewise

edger-feeder, Edgerton, edge tool, edge wave, edgeways, edgewise, Edgewood, Edgeworth, edging, edging lobelia, edgy

How to use edgewise in a sentence

We’ve all been in days of old where you have five people in a conference room huddled over the speakerphone and four people dialing in and you can’t get a word in edgewise, and then papers are shuffling.
The employee-driven future|MIT Technology Review Insights|December 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
This was halfway through a meandering phone conversation—me in my apartment in New York, he at his home in Maine—in which I spent most of the time trying to get a word in edgewise.
Talking With Tucker Carlson, the Most Powerful Conservative in America|Charlotte Alter|July 15, 2021|Time
When there’s a big group of workers in a video meeting gathered in person, for example, it can be tough for remote employees to get “a word in edgewise,” Brown says.
Our Work-From-Home Future Could Make It Easier for Some People to Find Jobs, Says Upwork CEO Hayden Brown|Tara Law|August 17, 2020|Time
Instead, Coulter gouged a string of fellow conservatives, leaving Hannity struggling to get a word in edgewise.
How Bad Is It? Even Ann Coulter Has Turned On Conservatives|Michelle Cottle|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It would be just like having Gingrich as VP—except that, with Sorrentino, every now and again Mitt might get a word in edgewise.
Eight Ways Mitt Romney Could Beat Newt Gingrich|Michelle Cottle|December 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I want to hear that man sass you over the phone, if he can get in a word edgewise, and you on the other end of the line.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney
Three flat stones were set up edgewise, and the spider set on them.
Left on Labrador|Charles Asbury Stephens
Set the board on edge on the horizon plane and turn it edgewise toward the sun so that a shadow of the pin is cast on the plane.
A Text-Book of Astronomy|George C. Comstock
The approach to the pavilion from the lower level of the garden was by a carefully graded slope of Roman brick, set edgewise.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady|Lucas Malet
Zoséphine looked up to his face from the little foot that edgewise was writing nothings in the dust.
Bonaventure|George Washington Cable

Other Idioms and Phrases with edgewise

edgewise

see get a word in edgewise.