sidelong English

Meaning sidelong meaning

What does sidelong mean?

sidelong

— adjective (= askance) (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

— adverb with the side toward someone or something seated sidelong to the window — Nathaniel Hawthorne

— adverb on the side the plow lay sidelong on the ground

— adverb to, toward or at one side darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face

— adjective inclining or directed to one side moved downward in a sidelong way — Bram Stoker

— adjective (= lateral) situated at or extending to the side the lateral branches of a tree shot out sidelong boughs — Tennyson

Synonyms sidelong synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sidelong?

sidelong English » English

sideways

lateral

slanting

oblique

squinty

squint-eyed

squint

obliquely

asquint

askant

askance

sideway

side

edgeways

devious

awry

aslant

askew

wry

transverse

tilting

thwart

slantways

slantingly

slant

skew-whiff

skew

sidewise

sidewards

sideward

rakish

on the side

kinky

indirectly

indirect

inclined

diagonal

crackpot

crabwise

cockeyed

circuitous

bevel

apart