sideways

Also side·wise

[sahyd-weyz]

adverb

1. with a side foremost.

2. facing to the side.

3. toward or from one side.

4. with a deceitful, scornful, disparaging, or amorous glance.

adjective

1. moving, facing, or directed toward one side.

2. indirect or evasive.

sideways

/ ˈsaɪdˌweɪz /

adverb

1. moving, facing, or inclining towards one side

2. from one side; obliquely

3. with one side forward

adjective

1. moving or directed to or from one side

2. towards or from one side

Word History and Origins

Origin of sideways¹

First recorded in 1570–80; side ¹ + -ways

Idioms and Phrases

see knock for a loop (sideways); look sideways at.

Example Sentences

After an initial sideways phase, two-year Treasury yields are likely to resume their downward trend following Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts expected from June onwards, says the head of research at the German bank.

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We’re a lot like her already, making the first five episodes feel like a sideways glance into some version of a reflection.

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Cryptocurrencies have largely traded sideways this week, despite a 3.4% rise in the Nasdaq Composite.

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Family relationships, personal relationships, business relationships, everything just kind of went sideways.

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He tipped the ladder sideways and edged it through the door.

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