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