1
[ adverb ] to toward or at one side

Synonyms

obliquely sidelong

Examples

"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"

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"

3
[ adverb ] from the side; obliquely

Synonyms

sidewise sideway

Examples

"a picture lit sideways" "scenes viewed sidewise"

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"

5
[ adjective ] (of movement) at an angle

Synonyms

oblique crabwise

Related terms

oblique indirect

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Rhymes with

sways always wais ways way's weighs edgeways lengthways

Phonetic and Homophones

S AY1 D W EY2 Z

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sidewise Sites Sides

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