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sideways(dictionary)
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sideways (iou)



sideways adverb & adjective. L16.
[from SIDE noun + -WAYS.]
A. adverb.
From one side. L16.
So as to present the side instead of the face, front, or end; with one side facing forward; facing to the side. L16.
sideways on from the side; side-on.
Day Lewis Keyes, sitting sideways, his legs dangling over a wheel.
Towards one side; obliquely. E17.
knock sideways: see KNOCK verb. look sideways: see LOOK verb.
M. Amis I glanced sideways at Fielding Goodney.
So as to incline to one side. M17.
J. Conrad His knees up and his head drooping sideways.
At one side (of a place). rare. E18.
By an indirect way; indirectly. rare. E18.
As intensifier: thoroughly, to the limits of one's tolerance. colloq. M20.
Times Broadstairs bored him sideways.
b. adjective.
Directed or moving towards or from one side; oblique, indirect. M19.
R. P. Jhabvala She gave me a sideways glance.
Unconventional, unorthodox; unusual. L20.
Sun Jasper Carrott takes his final sideways look at recent events.