 sideways |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] to toward or at one side | |
| Synonyms: | obliquely sidelong | |
| Examples: | "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" |
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| 2. | [ adverb ] toward one side | |
| Synonyms: | sidewise sideway | |
| Examples: | "the car slipped sideways into the ditch" "leaning sideways" "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows" |
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| 3. | [ adverb ] from the side; obliquely | |
| Synonyms: | sidewise sideway | |
| Examples: | "a picture lit sideways" "scenes viewed sidewise" |
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| 4. | [ adverb ] with one side forward or to the front | |
| Synonyms: | sidewise sideway | |
| Examples: | "turned sideways to show the profile" "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" |
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| 5. | [ adjective ] (of movement) at an angle | |
| Synonyms: | oblique crabwise | |
| Related terms: | oblique indirect | |
| Similar spelling: |
sidewise Sites Sides |
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