sidelong (adv.)

  1. on the side; the plow lay sidelong on the ground'

  2. with the side toward someone or something; seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne

  3. to, toward or at one side; darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face

    [ Syn: sideways , sideways , obliquely , obliquely , sideways , sideways , obliquely , obliquely , sideways , sideways , obliquely , obliquely , sideways , sideways , obliquely , obliquely ]

    sidelong (adj.)

  1. (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

    [ Syn: askance , askant , asquint , squint , squint-eyed , squinty ]

  2. situated at or extending to the side; the lateral branches of a tree; shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson

    [ Syn: lateral ]

  3. inclining or directed to one side; moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker

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