sideways in English dictionary

  • sideways

    Meanings and definitions of "sideways"

    • Moving or directed toward one side.
    • Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said, [...] .
    • (informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
    • (informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
    • (usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
    • With a side to the front.
    • Towards one side.
    • (Should we delete (+) this redundant sense?) Askance; sidelong.
    • (informal) Neither upward nor downward.
    • adjective
      Moving or directed toward one side.
    • adjective
      (informal)
      Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
    • adjective
      (informal)
      Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
    • adjective
      (chiefly US, colloquial)
      Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
    • adjective
      (usually with "with", informal)
      In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
    • adverb
      With a side to the front.
    • adverb
      Towards one side.
    • adverb
      Askance; sidelong.
    • adverb
      (informal)
      Neither upward nor downward.
    • noun
      plural of [i]sideway[/i]
    • with a side to the front
    • adjective
      (of movement) at an angle
    • adverb
      from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
    • adverb
      toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
    • adverb
      to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
    • adverb
      with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"

    Synonyms of "sideways" in English dictionary

    oblique, obliquely, sidelong are the top synonyms of "sideways" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of sideways

    • sideways ( comparative more sideways, superlative most sideways)
    • sideways (comparative more sideways, superlative most sideways)
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