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sideways |
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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