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