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sidelong |
Overview of adj sidelong The adj sidelong has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong -- ((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") 2. lateral, sidelong -- (situated at or extending to the side "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson) 3. sidelong -- (inclining or directed to one side "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker) Overview of adv sidelong The adv sidelong has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sidelong -- (on the side "the plow lay sidelong on the ground") 2. sidelong -- (with the side toward someone or something "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) 3. sidelong, sideways, obliquely -- (to toward or at one side "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face") Antonyms of adj sidelong 3 senses of sidelong Sense 1 askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong INDIRECT (VIA indirect) -> direct Sense 2 lateral, sidelong INDIRECT (VIA bottom, side) -> top INDIRECT (VIA side top) -> bottom Sense 3 sidelong INDIRECT (VIA vertical, inclined) -> horizontal INDIRECT (VIA inclined, horizontal) -> vertical, perpendicular Similarity of adj sidelong 3 senses of sidelong Sense 1 askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong => indirect (vs. direct) Sense 2 lateral, sidelong => side(postnominal) (vs. top) (vs. bottom) Sense 3 sidelong => inclined (vs. horizontal) (vs. vertical) Attributes of adj sidelong Familiarity of adj sidelong sidelong used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj sidelong sidelong Overview of adj sidelong The adj sidelong has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong -- ((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") 2. lateral, sidelong -- (situated at or extending to the side "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson) 3. sidelong -- (inclining or directed to one side "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker) Overview of adv sidelong The adv sidelong has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sidelong -- (on the side "the plow lay sidelong on the ground") 2. sidelong -- (with the side toward someone or something "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne) 3. sidelong, sideways, obliquely -- (to toward or at one side "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face")
sidelong definition