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sidelong |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sidelong \Side"long`\, adv [See {Sideling}, adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side 2. On the side as to lay a thing sidelong. Note: [See {Sideling}, adv ] --Evelyn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sidelong \Side"long`\, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. --Goldsmith. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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 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}, {obliquely}]
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