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SIDELONG
askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
(adjective) (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; “her eyes with their misted askance look”- Elizabeth Bowen; “sidelong glances”
sidelong
(adjective) inclining or directed to one side; “moved downward in a sidelong way” - Bram Stoker
lateral, sidelong
(adjective) situated at or extending to the side; “the lateral branches of a tree”; “shot out sidelong boughs”- Tennyson
sidelong, sideways, obliquely
(adverb) to, toward or at one side; “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”
sidelong
(adverb) with the side toward someone or something; “seated sidelong to the window”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
sidelong
(adverb) on the side; “the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
sidelong (not comparable)
Directed to the side; sideways.
Slanting or sloping; oblique.
Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
Along the side of something.
Synonyms
• inside-out (rare, obs.)
Adverb
sidelong (comparative more sidelong, superlative most sidelong)
Towards the side; sideways.
obliquely
Anagrams
• doelings, glenoids, on-glides, onglides
Source: Wiktionary
Side"long`, adv. Etym: [See Sideling, adv.]
1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
Note: [See Sideling, adv. ] Evelyn.
Side"long`, a.
Definition: Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. Goldsmith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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