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Sideways   /sˈaɪdwˌeɪz/   Listen
Sideways

adverb
1.
With one side forward or to the front.  Synonyms: sideway, sidewise.  "Crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
2.
From the side; obliquely.  Synonyms: sideway, sidewise.  "Scenes viewed sidewise"
3.
Toward one side.  Synonyms: sideway, sidewise.  "Leaning sideways" , "A figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
4.
To, toward or at one side.  Synonyms: obliquely, sidelong.
adjective
1.
(of movement) at an angle.  Synonym: crabwise.






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"Sideways" Quotes from Famous Books



... voice and Enoch, as though awaking from a dream, obeyed the command. He leaped sideways, and landed upon a slippery rock, falling to his knees, yet securing a hand-hold upon a protuberance. Nor did he lose hold of his gun with the ...
— With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga • W. Bert Foster

... the outfit had struck against a projecting rock and been thrown sideways, to where the trail crumbled away in some loose stones close to the edge of the dangerous cliff. The animal and the outfit were in danger of going down to the depths below. Phil, on his own horse, had caught hold of the other horse's halter and was trying to haul him to a safer footing. But the ...
— Dave Porter in the Gold Fields - The Search for the Landslide Mine • Edward Stratemeyer

... was still high when the judge came out upon his porch, a smile of indecision on his face and his hat in his hand. Pausing upon the topmost step, he cast an uncertain glance sideways at the walk leading past the church, and then looked straight ahead through the avenue of maples, which began at the smaller green facing the ancient site of the governor's palace and skirted the length of the larger one, which took its name from the court-house. At last he descended ...
— The Voice of the People • Ellen Glasgow

... Frank looked sideways at his friend, and smiled. He had just been talking with the coach, and heard what he had to say about the scrub team. It was already understood between them that two of the regulars must give way to better men who shone as stars on the scrub. Columbia wanted ...
— The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron • Graham B. Forbes

... reading. At the instant of my entering, she started at my uniform; she looked at me sideways like a bird, and even blushed. She opened ...
— Pan • Knut Hamsun


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