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View synonyms for sideways

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. moving or directed to or from one side
  2. towards or from one side
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sideways1

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

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

I push down on the pedal with my right leg and instead of propelling myself forward, I topple over sideways.

When you hit a throttle on a sprint car, the car sets sideways.

And he waltzed around the question of Arambula going sideways.

She looks sideways as the monster speaker booms and trembles and young men dance toward her.

Kuching means ‘Cat City’ in Malay; nobody will look sideways at those who hug street strays or shriek ‘pusspusspuss!’

Mrs. Ducksmith, deadly white, swayed sideways, and Aristide caught her in his arms and dragged her to the stone bench.

She was so in earnest that she forgot the canoe, and the wind caught it sideways and made us roll dangerously.

The sweat of death was already on his brow as he reeled sideways, plunging blindly across the uneven tufts of grass.

The cushions supported her arm as she lay sideways—listening, and keeping perfectly still.

The horse, frightened by the motor-cycle, was bucking and leaping sideways at the roadside.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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