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
sidelong (not comparable)
Directed to the side; sideways.
Slanting or sloping; oblique.
Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
Along the side of something.
• inside-out (rare, obs.)
sidelong (comparative more sidelong, superlative most sidelong)
Towards the side; sideways.
obliquely
• 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
13 April 2025
(noun) an instance or single occasion for some event; “this time he succeeded”; “he called four times”; “he could do ten at a clip”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
