About The Word Sidelong
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Sidelong
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Sidelong: See Also | 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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