sideways

[ sahyd-weyz ]

adverb

1. with a side foremost.
2. facing to the side.
3. toward or from one side.
4. with a deceitful, scornful, disparaging, or amorous glance.

adjective

1. moving, facing, or directed toward one side.
2. indirect or evasive.

sideways

/ ˈsaɪdˌweɪz /

adverb

1. moving, facing, or inclining towards one side
2. from one side; obliquely
3. with one side forward

adjective

1. moving or directed to or from one side
2. towards or from one side

Word History and Origins

Origin of sideways¹

First recorded in 1570–80; side ¹ + -ways

Idioms and Phrases

see knock for a loop (sideways) ; look sideways at .