Exact Match:
- edgewise
- as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise"
Synonyms:
Related Words:
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- crabwise,
- directly,
- down the alley,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- glancingly,
- go-go,
- groovy,
- hep,
- hip,
- into,
- laterad,
- laterally,
- on its side,
- on the straight,
- really into,
- right and left,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- straight,
- straightly,
- undeviatingly,
- unswervingly,
- with it
- abroad,
- all about,
- all round,
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- broadly,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- crabwise,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- extensively,
- far and near,
- far and wide,
- glancingly,
- infinitely,
- laterad,
- laterally,
- on all hands,
- on all sides,
- on every side,
- on its side,
- on the beam,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- vastly,
- widely
- askance
collapse - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
- with a side or oblique glance; "did not quite turn all the way back but looked askance at me with her dark eyes"
- with suspicion or disapproval; "he looked askance at the offer" related words >
- aside,
- askant,
- askew,
- asquint,
- awry,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- cam,
- captiously,
- censoriously,
- cock-a-hoop,
- cockeyed,
- crabwise,
- critically,
- crookedly,
- cynically,
- disapprovingly,
- distrustfully,
- doubtfully,
- doubtingly,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- glancingly,
- laterad,
- laterally,
- on its side,
- on the beam,
- reproachfully,
- right and left,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- skeptically,
- suspiciously,
- unfavorably
- on the other hand
collapse
- (contrastive) from another point of view; "on the other hand, she is too ambitious for her own good"; "then again, she might not go" related words >
- a rebours,
- after all,
- again,
- against the grain,
- albeit,
- alias,
- all the same,
- although,
- arsy-varsy,
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- at all events,
- at any rate,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- but,
- by contraries,
- contra,
- contrarily,
- contrariously,
- contrariwise,
- conversely,
- crabwise,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- else,
- elsewise,
- even,
- even so,
- for all that,
- glancingly,
- howbeit,
- however,
- in any case,
- in any event,
- in flat opposition,
- in other respects,
- in other ways,
- inversely,
- just the opposite,
- just the same,
- laterad,
- laterally,
- nay rather,
- nevertheless,
- nonetheless,
- notwithstanding,
- on its side,
- on the beam,
- on the contrary,
- oppositely,
- or else,
- other than,
- otherwise,
- per contra,
- quite the contrary,
- rather,
- right and left,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- still,
- than,
- though,
- to the contrary,
- topsy-turvy,
- tout au contraire,
- upside down,
- vice versa,
- when,
- yet
- sideways
collapse
- toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
- with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" related words >
- across,
- across the grain,
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- aslant,
- aslope,
- asquint,
- at an angle,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- breadthwise,
- broad side foremost,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- broadways,
- broadwise,
- circuitously,
- contrariwise,
- contrawise,
- crabwise,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- depthwise,
- deviately,
- deviously,
- digressively,
- divagationally,
- divergently,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- excursively,
- flanking,
- glancing,
- glancingly,
- indirectly,
- laterad,
- lateral,
- laterally,
- lee,
- leeward,
- next-beside,
- obliquely,
- on its side,
- on one side,
- on the beam,
- overthwart,
- right and left,
- side,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- skirting,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slaunchways,
- through,
- thwart,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- to one side,
- transverse,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- weather,
- widthways,
- widthwise,
- windward
- broadside
collapse
- the simultaneous firing of all the armament on one side of a warship
- the whole side of a vessel from stem to stern; "the ship was broadside to the dock"
- all of the armament that is fired from one side of a warship
- toward a full side; "a broadside attack"
- with a side facing an object; "the train hit the truck broadside"; "the wave caught the canoe broadside and capsized it"
- collide with the broad side of; "her car broad-sided mine" related words >
- antiaircraft barrage,
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- asquint,
- bank,
- barrage,
- beam,
- bombardment,
- border,
- box barrage,
- breadthwise,
- broad side foremost,
- broadside on,
- broadways,
- broadwise,
- burst,
- cannonade,
- cannonry,
- cheek,
- chop,
- coast,
- crabwise,
- creeping barrage,
- depthwise,
- drumfire,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- emergency barrage,
- enfilade,
- flank,
- fusillade,
- glancingly,
- hail,
- hand,
- handedness,
- haunch,
- hip,
- jowl,
- laterad,
- laterality,
- laterally,
- many-sidedness,
- mortar barrage,
- multilaterality,
- normal barrage,
- on its side,
- on the beam,
- planking,
- profile,
- quarter,
- right and left,
- salvo,
- shore,
- shower,
- side,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- siding,
- sidling,
- spray,
- standing barrage,
- storm,
- temple,
- through,
- unilaterality,
- volley,
- widthways,
- widthwise
- sidelong
collapse
- inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
- to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
- with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" related words >
- aside,
- askance,
- askant,
- aslant,
- aslope,
- asquint,
- at an angle,
- atilt,
- away,
- backhand,
- backhanded,
- bevel,
- beveled,
- bias,
- biased,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- canting,
- careening,
- circuitous,
- circuitously,
- covert,
- crabwise,
- deflectional,
- deviant,
- deviately,
- deviative,
- devious,
- deviously,
- digressive,
- digressively,
- divagational,
- divagationally,
- divergent,
- divergently,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- excursive,
- excursively,
- flanking,
- glancing,
- glancingly,
- in juxtaposition,
- inclinational,
- inclinatory,
- inclined,
- inclining,
- indirect,
- indirectly,
- laterad,
- lateral,
- laterally,
- leaning,
- lee,
- leeward,
- left-handed,
- listing,
- nearby,
- next-beside,
- oblique,
- obliquely,
- on its side,
- on one side,
- on the beam,
- on the side,
- out of plumb,
- out of square,
- pitched,
- raking,
- recumbent,
- right and left,
- shelving,
- shelvy,
- side,
- sideling,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- sinister,
- sinistral,
- skirting,
- slant,
- slanted,
- slanting,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- sloped,
- sloping,
- surreptitious,
- tilted,
- tilting,
- tipped,
- tipping,
- tipsy,
- to one side,
- to the side,
- weather,
- windward
- aside
collapse
- a line spoken by an actor to the audience but not intended for others on the stage
- in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day"
- on or to one side; "step aside"; "stood aside to let him pass"; "threw the book aside"; "put her sewing aside when he entered"
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away"
- placed or kept separate and distinct as for a purpose; "had a feeling of being set apart"; "quality sets it apart"; "a day set aside for relaxing" related words >
- a huis clos,
- all,
- apart,
- askance,
- askant,
- askew,
- aslant,
- aslope,
- asquint,
- away,
- awry,
- back,
- behind closed doors,
- beside,
- between the teeth,
- broadside,
- broadside on,
- by,
- crabwise,
- discursion,
- divagation,
- downgrade,
- downhill,
- each,
- edgeway,
- edgeways,
- edgewise,
- episode,
- excursion,
- excursus,
- glancingly,
- in a whisper,
- in an aside,
- in camera,
- in chambers,
- in executive session,
- in juxtaposition,
- in privacy,
- in private,
- in private conference,
- in privy,
- in reserve,
- infix,
- injection,
- insert,
- insertion,
- insinuation,
- intercalation,
- interjection,
- interlineation,
- interlocution,
- interpolation,
- introduction,
- januis clausis,
- laterad,
- laterally,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- monology,
- nearby,
- nigh,
- obiter dictum,
- obliquely,
- on its side,
- on one side,
- on the beam,
- on the side,
- out of earshot,
- parenthesis,
- per,
- per capita,
- privately,
- privily,
- remark,
- right and left,
- round,
- side remark,
- sideling,
- sidelong,
- sideward,
- sidewards,
- sideway,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- sidling,
- slant,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slaunchways,
- slopeways,
- soliloquy,
- solo,
- sotto voce,
- to one side,
- to the side,
- tossing-in,
- wide apart,
- wide away,
- with bated breath
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