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English adjective: sidelong | |||
| 1. | sidelong (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy | ||
| Samples | Her eyes with their misted askance look. Sidelong glances. | ||
| Synonyms | askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | ||
| Similar | indirect | ||
| Antonyms | direct | ||
| 2. | sidelong situated at or extending to the side | ||
| Samples | The lateral branches of a tree. Shot out sidelong boughs. | ||
| Synonyms | lateral | ||
| Similar | side | ||
| Antonyms | bottom, top | ||
| 3. | sidelong inclining or directed to one side | ||
| Samples | Moved downward in a sidelong way. | ||
| Similar | inclined | ||
| Antonyms | horizontal, vertical, perpendicular | ||
English adverb: sidelong | |||
| 1. | sidelong on the side | ||
| Samples | The plow lay sidelong on the ground. | ||
| 2. | sidelong with the side toward someone or something | ||
| Samples | Seated sidelong to the window. | ||
| 3. | sidelong to, toward or at one side | ||
| Samples | Darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face. | ||
| Synonyms | obliquely, sideways | ||
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