SIDEWISE

sideways, sideway, sidewise

(adverb) toward one side; “the car slipped sideways into the ditch”; “leaning sideways”; “a figure moving sidewise in the shadows”

sideway, sideways, sidewise

(adverb) from the side; obliquely; “a picture lit sideways”; “scenes viewed sidewise”

sideways, sideway, sidewise

(adverb) with one side forward or to the front; “turned sideways to show the profile”; “crabs seeming to walk sidewise”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

sidewise (comparative more sidewise, superlative most sidewise)

sideways

Source: Wiktionary


Side"wise`, adv.

Definition: On or toward one side; laterally; sideways. I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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