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PRONUNCIATION OF EDGEWAYS

edgeways  [ˈɛdʒˌweɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EDGEWAYS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Edgeways is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES EDGEWAYS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of edgeways in the English dictionary

The definition of edgeways in the dictionary is with the edge forwards or uppermost. Other definition of edgeways is on, by, with, or towards the edge.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EDGEWAYS


anyways
ˈɛnɪˌweɪz
breadthways
ˈbrɛdθˌweɪz
cornerways
ˈkɔːnəˌweɪz
crossways
ˈkrɒsˌweɪz
endways
ˈɛndˌweɪz
flatways
ˈflætˌweɪz
folkways
ˈfəʊkˌweɪz
foodways
ˈfuːdˌweɪz
frontways
ˈfrʌntˌweɪz
leastaways
ˈliːstəˌweɪz
leastways
ˈliːstˌweɪz
lengthways
ˈlɛŋkθˌweɪz
longways
ˈlɒŋˌweɪz
noways
ˈnəʊˌweɪz
sideways
ˈsaɪdˌweɪz
slantingways
ˈslɑːntɪŋˌweɪz
slantways
ˈslɑːntˌweɪz
spoonways
ˈspuːnˌweɪz
strideways
ˈstraɪdˌweɪz
thwartways
ˈθwɔːtˌweɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EDGEWAYS

edge
edge tool
edgebone
edged
Edgehill
edgeless
edger
edgewise
Edgeworth
edgier
edgiest
edgily
edginess
edging
edging shears
edgy
edh

WORDS THAT END LIKE EDGEWAYS

always
both ways
cut both ways
days
dog days
early days
get a word in edgeways
good old days
halcyon days
have it both ways
it´s early days
nowadays
old days
one of these days
school holidays
stays
swing both ways
weekdays
widthways
yesterdays

Synonyms and antonyms of edgeways in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «edgeways» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EDGEWAYS

Find out the translation of edgeways to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of edgeways from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «edgeways» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

沿边
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

edgeways
570 millions of speakers

English

edgeways
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धारा से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجنب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

боком
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

edgeways
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিনারার দিকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de côté de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Edgeways
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

edgeways
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

edgeways
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밖으로 대고
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Edgeways
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở cạnh nhau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளிம்பு முன்னாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एडिव्हवे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yanlamasına
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

di taglio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krawędziowo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

боком
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muchia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

edgeways
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schuin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

edgeways
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sidelengs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of edgeways

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EDGEWAYS»

The term «edgeways» is normally little used and occupies the 112.560 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EDGEWAYS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about edgeways

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EDGEWAYS»

Discover the use of edgeways in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to edgeways and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways
Celebrates such wild animals as giraffes, zebras, and lions, in poems written to contain acrostics, in which beginning or ending letters from the poetry lines can be used to spell other words.
Avis Harley, 2012
2
More Words in Edgeways: Rediscovering Adult Education
Jane Thompsonżs writings have influenced and inspired the work of a generation of radical practitioners in adult and community education in Britain and overseas.This new book of essays reflects her concern for working-class and womenżs ...
Jane Thompson, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales), 2007
3
A Word in Edgeways
In A WORD IN EDGEWAYS Desmond O' Grady examines the work of many writers and interviews others as well as film makers, a ballerina, a photographer and a painter.
Desmond O'Grady, 2010
4
Words in Edgeways: Radical Learning for Social Change
This book advocates for the role of education in helping to include those who have no voice in society.
Jane Thompson, 1997
5
A Treatise on the Science of Ship-building: With ...
Difference in the Velocity of a Body of unequal Sides, when moved edgeways through Water, and when moved flatways. TABLE VIII. describes two bodies, of the same length, breadth, depth, and figure, each being three times wider one way ...
Issac Blackburn, 1817
6
A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial ...
York: Bunce and Brother, 1854. 1859 "he couldn't get a word in edgeways." (p. 864) Stowe, Harriet B. Uncle Tom's Cabin; The Minister's Wooing; Oldtown Folks. New York: The Library of America, 1982. 1922 I could not get a word in edgeways ...
George B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder, 2005
7
Edgeways: The Design of Mediating Zones Along Public Paths
"Biographies" of the elements forming the edgeways explain the design process at each stage.
Lee Zaurie Zimmerman, 1980
8
The Repertory of Patent Inventions, and Other Discoveries ...
When each piston has so passed through nearly all the length of the semicircular chamber, and arrived near to the closed end, N , or cover thereof, that piston is turned down edgeways into its recess in the wheel, a, so as to conform with the ...
9
Scientific Practice: Theories and Stories of Doing Physics
With the additional /32 factor, the potential in the flatways orientation is /3* V. Applying the same rule to the capacitor in the edgeways orientation, the elongation along the x-axis increases the length of the plates (and hence the area of the ...
Jed Z. Buchwald, 1995
10
Repertory of patent inventions and other discoveries and ...
When each piston has so passed through nearly all the length of the semicircular chamber, and arrived near to the closed end, n, or cover thereof, that piston is turned down edgeways into its recess in the wheel, a, so as to conform with the ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EDGEWAYS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term edgeways is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Terrible' First Date Live-Tweeted By Writer In Coffee Shop (And It's …
... and "writer") was hogging all of the conversation and making it 100% about him, while the girl was struggling to get a word in edgeways. «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
2
Tom Richmond: Spare us from Clare Balding and this fatuous …
Why bother paying for these experts – I guess they do not offer their services for free – and then not allow them to get a word in edgeways? «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
3
FRESH MEAT | FROM OUR COMMUNITY BLOGS
... Jim tries to say when he can get a word in edgeways. There are several different topics that are brought up, such as YouTube distribution, the ... «Destructoid, Jul 15»
4
Jeremy Kyle LIES down in exasperation after lets loudmouth guest …
Jeremy had to tell her to shut up, "I can't get a word in edgeways!" They spoke about Khealea's feelings towards her friend, saying she had past ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Interview with R.M. Cartmel, Author of 'The Charlemagne Connection'
Forty minutes later, when I got my first word in edgeways, after they had suggested that they took my book to Hollywood, I realised that I hadn't ... «Blogcritics, Jun 15»
6
Chekhov's The Seagull with modern slang? It ain't a good idea
He could be Chekhov himself, trying to get a word in edgeways. And his advice might be that if we really want to lament our own times, we ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
7
Westborough children, adults urged to read this summer
... which range from "Mr. Wuffles" by David Wiesner to be read aloud to pre-Kindergartners, to "African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways" by Avis ... «Wicked Local Medford, Jun 15»
8
Believable romantic comedy
Jack is so nervous he doesn't let Nancy get a word in edgeways and by the time there is a gap to tell him his mistake she has decided she likes ... «Otago Daily Times, Jun 15»
9
Life really does start at 60, and I've met the people to prove it
I couldn't get a word in edgeways with The Hoff and I didn't even want to. The 62-year-old talked at length about his new stage show, sang 80s ... «shropshirestar.com, Jun 15»
10
TFI Friday changed the British chat show format - and not entirely for …
... too much celebrity sycophancy, obviously orchestrated chaos and hosts who never let their guests get a word in edgeways — all TFI Friday ... «The Independent, Jun 15»

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