Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sidelong"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sidelong \Side"long`\, adv. [See {Sideling}, adv.]
1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
Note: [See {Sideling}, adv. ] --Evelyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sidelong \Side"long`\, a.
Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong
glance.
The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love.
--Goldsmith.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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