Found 2 items, similar to sidelong.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sidelong
sidelong
adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as
if with doubt or suspicion or envy;
“her eyes with
their misted askance look”- Elizabeth Bowen;
“sidelong
glances” [syn:
askance,
askant,
asquint,
squint,
squint-eyed,
squinty]
2: situated at or extending to the side;
“the lateral branches
of a tree”;
“shot out sidelong boughs”- Tennyson [syn:
lateral]
3: inclining or directed to one side;
“moved downward in a
sidelong way” - Bram Stoker
adv 1: on the side;
“the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
2: with the side toward someone or something;
“seated sidelong
to the window”- Nathaniel Hawthorne
3: to, toward or at one side;
“darting eyes looking sidelong
out of a wizened face” [syn:
sideways,
obliquely]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sidelong
Sidelong
\Side"long`\, adv. [See
Sideling, adv.]
1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
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2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
Note: [See
Sideling, adv. ] --Evelyn.
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Sidelong
\Side"long`\, a.
Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong
glance.
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The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
--Goldsmith.
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