adjective
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directed or inclining to one side
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indirect or oblique
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sidelong
Example Sentences
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With shuffling feet and downcast eyes, while making sidelong gargoyle faces at their sister, they handed the letter to their governess.
From Literature
A few gave curious, sidelong glances to the strangers in the hall, and their eyes grew wide at the presence of the boys, but none dared break rank to offer a greeting.
From Literature
As it happened, the state of the world was addressed, sidelong and directly.
From Los Angeles Times
There are light topical references — a sidelong joke about the names billionaires give their children, for example — but the show happily lives in its world of day-to-day annoyances and victories.
From Los Angeles Times
“I’m turning on you,” Smith replies with a sidelong glance.
From Los Angeles Times
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