edgeways
Narrow dimension leading
Edgeways means with the edge forward or uppermost, or sideways: She slid the book edgeways onto the crowded shelf.
The word appears most often in the idiom get a word in edgeways, meaning to find an opportunity to speak when someone else is talking constantly.
Also spelled edgewise, which is more common in American English.
Of the side
- sidelongDirected to one side
- crosswiseAt right angles
- broadsideFierce written assault
- crabwiseMoving laterally, obliquely
athwart · transverse · aslant · askew · oblique · flanking · tangential · horizontally
Exchange of spoken ideas
- turn-takingAlternating speaker roles
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- interruptionBreak in continuity
- interjectInsert remarks abruptly
speaking · get a word in · discourse · banter · repartee · chatter · talk · crosstalk
Small in diameter
- slimThin or meager
- slenderThin and graceful
- tightFirmly stretched or fitting
- crampedUncomfortably lacking space
constricted · squeezed · compressed · compact · confined · restricted · pinched · wedged
lateral
Of the side
crabwise · athwart · transverse · aslant · askew · oblique · flanking · tangential · horizontally · slantwise
conversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
- turn-takingAlternating speaker roles
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- interruptionBreak in continuity
interject · speaking · get a word in · discourse · banter · repartee · chatter · talk · crosstalk · exchange
thin
Small in diameter
cramped · constricted · squeezed · compressed · compact · confined · restricted · pinched · wedged · shoehorned
- get a word in edgewaysBriefly contribute to conversation
- getting a word in edgewaysSpeaking amid a monologue
- got a word in edgewaysBriefly joined ongoing conversation
edge, edges, hedge, ledge, sideways, edged, edging, hedges, edgewise