sideways English

Meaning sideways meaning

What does sideways mean?

sideways

— adverb (= sidewise) toward one side the car slipped sideways into the ditch leaning sideways a figure moving sidewise in the shadows

— adverb (= sidewise) with one side forward or to the front turned sideways to show the profile crabs seeming to walk sidewise

— adverb (= sidewise) from the side; obliquely a picture lit sideways scenes viewed sidewise

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

— adjective (= crabwise) (of movement) at an angle

Synonyms sideways synonyms

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

sideways English » English

sideway

sidewise

sidelong

obliquely

sideward

edgeways

sidewards

crabwise

side

lateral

indirectly

edgewise

diagonally

crosswise

askance

wickedness

unreasonable

transversely

thwart

slantwise

slantingly

oblique

leaning

laterally

from the side

flanking

direction

crossways

continuation pattern

broadside

bias

bent

awry

at the side

asquint

askew

aside

across

abreast

Topics sideways topics

What do people use sideways to talk about?

Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move sideways

• What words refer to moving sideways?
  move sideways make room for move aside move out of the way get out of the way move over budge shift

Examples sideways examples

How do I use sideways in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Slippery slugs slithered sideways down the slope.

Tom looked at Mary sideways.

Tom looked sideways at Mary.

Movie subtitles

I tried to bargain for her life, but negotiations went sideways.

Now, turn sideways toward the target.

I know newspapers backward, forward and sideways.

She fell sideways into the water.

I can always go through life sideways.

Back, facing or sideways?

It hit sideways and skidded in.

Doesn't mean you have to dance when they look at you sideways.

Girls get all fidgety and looked at sideways and talked about. when they don't have their gentlemen callers.

All a man's gotta do is just look at me sideways, and his house goes up in fire.

Now he has it sideways in his mouth and he's going away with it.

But goin' all the way up there for 15, it kinda hits me sideways.

I will do it sideways from this side, you, Ahmet, do it from below.

Turn sideways.

Hey, skinny, you're gonna tip us over! Come on, try sideways!

Besides, you'd have to sleep sideways at his place.

They'll go up and back, but not sideways.

Look at it up and down and sideways.

Oh, jam the truck sideways, right across the road.

A nail! When I return you'll swallow it sideways.

It hit sideways and skidded in. That's what I think.

Well, at least Hartwick had sense enough to turn him sideways in the doorway.

I'm only growing sideways now.

We can move in the other three. Up, down, forward, sideways, backward.

Come, Luisito, sideways.

It looks like the Great Ichiyama is going to throw his famous Nipponese sideways curve ball.

I got him top, bottom, sideways - you name it.

Kick sideways.

As far as I know, they don't fall sideways.

Most of the blast, thank God, went sideways.

They arranged them sideways to the crowd.

The Tardis console slipped me sideways in time.

Slipped me sideways in time.

It sort of slipped me sideways into your dimension.

I slipped sideways.

I've got other items, depending on which way you wanna go - up, down or sideways.

News and current affairs

A widespread feeling exists that European integration is proceeding sideways, if not backwards.

Democratic Latin America limps sideways because it can't run ahead.