sideling
Americanadverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of sideling
Example Sentences
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There was something about her voice that glistened, that refracted off an up-tempo number like a sudden shot of sun or shone off a ballad like a sideling beam of moonlight.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chief went sideling off, crying, "Na-mik, na-mik!" at the same time imitated the motion of a dog—driving with his right hand, and pointed north with the other.
From North-Pole Voyages by Mudge, Zachariah Atwell
But, go sideling or go straight, Uncas had seen the movement, and their trail led us on to the broken bush.
From The Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 by Cooper, James Fenimore
Jerry Swaim," Mrs. Darby cried, staring up at her niece in amazement, "do you mean to say you drove out alone over that sideling, slippery bluff road?
From The Reclaimers by McCarter, Margaret Hill
Or dost thou sideling go, and would'st not be Suspected?
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
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