Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adv.
With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
[1913 Webster]
{to get a word in edgewise} to succeed in expressing an
opinion in a conversation, in spite of constant speech
from another or others; as, he talked incessantly and I
couldn't get a word in edgewise.
Note: the form {edgeways} is now uncommon.
[PJC]
Glad to get in a word, as they say, edgeways.
--Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
edgewise
adv 1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he
sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn:
{edgeways}, {edgewise}]
2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in
edgewise" [syn: {edgewise}, {edgeways}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
