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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;
- Example: "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- Example: "sidelong glances"
[syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]

2. situated at or extending to the side;
- Example: "the lateral branches of a tree"
- Example: "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
[syn: lateral, sidelong]

3. inclining or directed to one side;
- Example: "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker;


ADVERB (3)

1. on the side;
- Example: "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"

2. with the side toward someone or something;
- Example: "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

3. to, toward or at one side;
- Example: "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
[syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sidelong \Side"long`\, adv. [See Sideling, adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. [1913 Webster] 2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. Note: [See Sideling, adv. ] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sidelong \Side"long`\, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. [1913 Webster] The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sidelong adv 1: on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" 2: with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne 3: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" [syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely] adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong] 2: situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson [syn: lateral, sidelong] 3: inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker