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sideways

[ sahyd-weyz ]
/ ˈsaɪdˌweɪz /
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adverb

with a side foremost.
facing to the side.
toward or from one side.
with a deceitful, scornful, disparaging, or amorous glance.

adjective

moving, facing, or directed toward one side.
indirect or evasive.

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RELATED WORDS

obliquely, sidelong, alongside, aside, athwart, indirectly, laterally, slanting, sloping, aslant, aslope, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, slantwise

Nearby words

  1. sidewalk superintendent,
  2. sidewalking,
  3. sidewall,
  4. sideward,
  5. sideway,
  6. sidewheel,
  7. sidewheeler,
  8. sidewind,
  9. sidewinder,
  10. sidhe
Also sideway, side·wise [sahyd-wahyz] /ˈsaɪdˌwaɪz/.

Origin of sideways

First recorded in 1570–80; side1 + -ways

sideway

[ sahyd-wey ]
/ ˈsaɪdˌweɪ /

noun

a byway.

adjective, adverb

sideways.

Origin of sideway

First recorded in 1605–15; side1 + way1
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British Dictionary definitions for sideways

sideways

/ (ˈsaɪdˌweɪz) /

adverb

moving, facing, or inclining towards one side
from one side; obliquely
with one side forward

adjective (prenominal)

moving or directed to or from one side
towards or from one side
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Word Origin and History for sideways

sideways

adv.

1570s, from side (n.) + way, with adverbial genitive. To look sideways "cast scornful glances" is recorded from 1844.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with sideways

sideways

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

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