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Sidelong

Sidelong Meaning & Definition
Sidelong Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sidelong?

[adv] to toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
[adv] with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
[adv] on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
[adj] (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"
[adj] inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
[adj] situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sidelong: askance | askant | asquint | inclined | indirect | lateral | obliquely | side(a) | sideways | squint | squint-eyed | squinty

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Sidelong In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Side"long`\, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. --Goldsmith.

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