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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sideways  \Side"ways`\,  adv 
  Toward  the  side  sidewise. 
 
  A  second  refraction  made  sideways.  --Sir  I. 
  Newton. 
 
  His  beard,  a  good  palm's  length,  at  least,  .  .  .  Shot 
  sideways,  like  a  swallow's  wings.  --Longfellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sideways 
  adj  :  used  of  movement;  at  an  angle  [syn:  {crabwise},  {oblique}] 
  adv  1:  with  one  side  forward  or  to  the  front;  "turned  sideways  to 
  show  the  profile";  "crabs  seeming  to  walk  sidewise" 
  [syn:  {sideway},  {sidewise}] 
  2:  from  the  side  obliquely;  "a  picture  lit  sideways";  "scenes 
  viewed  sidewise"  [syn:  {sideway},  {sidewise}] 
  3:  toward  one  side  "the  car  slipped  sideways  into  the  ditch"; 
  "leaning  sideways";  "a  figure  moving  sidewise  in  the 
  shadows"  [syn:  {sideway},  {sidewise}] 
  4:  to  toward  or  at  one  side  "darting  eyes  looking  sidelong  out 
  of  a  wizened  face"  [syn:  {sidelong},  {obliquely}] 




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