adv
Meaning 1
sideways
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sidewise
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CMU ARPABET: S AY1 D W AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
toward one side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the car slipped sideways into the ditch
- leaning sideways
- a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideways, sideway
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
from the side; obliquely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a picture lit sideways
- scenes viewed sidewise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideway, sideways
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
with one side forward or to the front
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- turned sideways to show the profile
- crabs seeming to walk sidewise
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sideways, sideway
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English sidewise From side + -wise.