From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Edgeways \Edge"ways\, Edgewise \Edge"wise\, adverb With the edge towards anything; in the direction of the edge.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adverb
1: with the edge forward or on, by, or toward the edge; "he sawed the board edgeways"; "held it edgewise" [syn: {edgeways}]
2: as if by an edge; barely; "I could not get a word in edgewise" [syn: {edgeways}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "edgewise": aside, askance, askant, asquint, broadside, broadside on, crabwise, edgeway, edgeways, glancingly, laterad, laterally, on its side, on the beam, right and left, sideling, sidelong, sideward, sidewards, sideway, sideways, sidewise, sidling
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