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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of movement) at an angle;
[syn: crabwise, sideways]


ADVERB (4)

1. with one side forward or to the front;
- Example: "turned sideways to show the profile"
- Example: "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
[syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise]

2. from the side; obliquely;
- Example: "a picture lit sideways"
- Example: "scenes viewed sidewise"
[syn: sideway, sideways, sidewise]

3. toward one side;
- Example: "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"
- Example: "leaning sideways"
- Example: "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
[syn: sideways, sideway, sidewise]

4. 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:

Sideways \Side"ways`\, adv. Toward the side; sidewise. [1913 Webster] A second refraction made sideways. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster] His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
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]