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US
/ˈsaɪdˌwaɪz/
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ADVERB
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toward one side
a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
the car slipped sideways into the ditch
leaning sideways -
with one side forward or to the front
turned sideways to show the profile
crabs seeming to walk sidewise -
from the side; obliquely
scenes viewed sidewise
a picture lit sideways
How To Use sidewise In A Sentence
- scenes viewed sidewise
- I feel rather… empty, she thought calmly, glancing sidewise at Jadrien.
- The showing of the face from a frontal position indicates a good person, whereas an enemy is shown sidewise.
- High above me, a cautious raven flew by, heavily and sharply cutting the air with his wings; then he turned his head, looked at me sidewise, and, croaking abruptly, disappeared beyond the forest; a large flock of pigeons rushed past me from a barn, and, suddenly whirling about in a column, they came down and stationed themselves bustlingly upon the field -- a sign of spring autumn! The Rendezvous 1907
- Under the hopper were the ends of two inclined chutes extending out sidewise beyond the car -- one to the right and one to the left -- and over the slab molds on each side. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs
- For two decades, his career movements were crablike, sidewise.
- The man, half-slipping sidewise from the saddle, so as to fall clear if the mare toppled backward, threw his weight to the front and alongside her neck. Jack London's Short Story - Planchette
- He was one of your furtive-faced fellows, with narrow slits of eyes and an acquired habit of skellying sidewise at one out of them. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
- For in that instant the she-wolf leaped sidewise from the trail into the clump of spruce trees and disappeared. The She-Wolf
- I was fascinated by his size and his sidewise movements.