adj
Meaning 1
Directed to the side; sideways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He cast me a sidelong glance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
sidelong
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General-American: /ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Slanting or sloping; oblique.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Along the side of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 5
Towards the side; sideways.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adv
Meaning 6
obliquely
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- Elizabeth Bowen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her eyes with their misted askance look
- sidelong glances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
inclining or directed to one side - Bram Stoker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- moved downward in a sidelong way
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
situated at or extending to the side- Tennyson
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the lateral branches of a tree
- shot out sidelong boughs
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lateral
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 10
to, toward or at one side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideways, obliquely
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 11
with the side toward someone or something- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- seated sidelong to the window
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Synonyms: none provided
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adverb
Meaning 12
on the side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the plow lay sidelong on the ground
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History
Etymology
1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: страничен (straničen) — sideways
- Italian: obliquo — sideways
- Latin: oblīquus — sideways
- Polish: bokiem — sideways
- Polish: na ukos — sideways