[syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sideways \Side"ways`\, adv.
Toward the side; sidewise.
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A second refraction made sideways. --Sir I.
Newton.
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His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . .
Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. --Longfellow.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sideways
adv 1: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways
to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
[syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise]
2: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes
viewed sidewise" [syn: sideway, sideways, sidewise]
3: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch";
"leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
[syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise]
4: to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out
of a wizened face" [syn: sidelong, sideways, obliquely]
adj 1: (of movement) at an angle [syn: crabwise, sideways]