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# edgewise

«edgewise» in Mova's school dictionary: **with the edge facing forward, sideways on** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) Edgewise means with the edge facing forward, sideways on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/#m1)

2) «To get a word in edgewise» means to find a chance to speak when others keep talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a character who is too slow to get a chance to speak

### examples

- He could not get a word in edgewise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/#x1)
- Turn the book edgewise to fit it on the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/#x2)
- The sheet slid through the gap edgewise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «edgewise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/edgewise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.