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

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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

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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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