edgewise
With side leading
Edgewise means with the edge forward or facing outward, rather than flat: Stack the plates edgewise to save space.
The word appears most often in the expression get a word in edgewise, meaning to find an opportunity to speak when someone else dominates the conversation: She talked so fast I couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Of the side
- sidelongDirected to one side
- sidewaysToward one side
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- crosswiseAt right angles
transverse · athwart · broadside · flanking · askew · aslant · crabwise · lengthwise
Insert remarks abruptly
- interruptBreak in upon
- chime inEnter a discussion
- cut inInterrupt or intrude suddenly
- butt inInterject without welcome
get a word in · speak up · interpose · contribute · participate · remark · comment · voice
lateral
Of the side
crosswise · transverse · athwart · broadside · flanking · askew · aslant · crabwise · lengthwise · flatwise
interject
Insert remarks abruptly
butt in · get a word in · speak up · interpose · contribute · participate · remark · comment · voice · pipe up
tightly
In a constricting manner
squeezed · thinly · slimly · compactly · cramped · restricted · wedged
edgewiseflatwise
On the flat side
face-first · flat · broadside · straight · direct
edgewiselongitudinal
Along the longer dimension
lengthwise · longways · endwise · end-on · along the length
- get a word in edgewiseContribute to monopolized talk
- got a word in edgewiseSpoke despite others talking
- getting a word in edgewiseSpeaking despite interruptions
- gotten a word in edgewiseSpoke despite others talking
edge, wise, edges, hedge, edgy, edged, edging, hedges, hedgerow