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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