Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sideways"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sideways \Side"ways`\, adv.
Toward the side; sidewise.
A second refraction made sideways. --Sir I.
Newton.
His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot
sideways, like a swallow's wings. --Longfellow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sideways
adj : (of movement) at an angle [syn: {crabwise}]
adv 1: with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to
show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
[syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
2: from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes
viewed sidewise" [syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
3: toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch";
"leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the
shadows" [syn: {sideway}, {sidewise}]
4: to toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out
of a wizened face" [syn: {sidelong}, {obliquely}]
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