Definitions for sidelong

Definitions for (adj) sidelong

Main entry: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong

Definition: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy

Usage: her eyes with their misted askance look- Elizabeth Bowen; sidelong glances


Main entry: sidelong

Definition: inclining or directed to one side

Usage: moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker


Main entry: sidelong, lateral

Definition: situated at or extending to the side

Usage: the lateral branches of a tree; shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson


Definitions for (adv) sidelong

Main entry: sidelong, sideways, obliquely

Definition: to, toward or at one side

Usage: darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face


Main entry: sidelong

Definition: with the side toward someone or something

Usage: seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne


Main entry: sidelong

Definition: on the side

Usage: the plow lay sidelong on the ground


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