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Defenition of the word sidelong

    • Defenition of the word sidelong

      • Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion (used especially of glances).
      • (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"
      • situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
      • inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way"_ Bram Stoker
      • with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
      • on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
      • to toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
      • inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
      • to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
      • (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
      • inclining or directed to one side
      • situated at or extending to the side
      • to, toward or at one side
      • with the side toward someone or something
      • on the side

    Synonyms for the word sidelong

      • askance
      • askant
      • asquint
      • indirect
      • lateral
      • oblique
      • obliquely
      • sideways
      • slanting
      • squint
      • squint-eyed
      • squinty

    Similar words in the sidelong

      • inclined
      • indirect
      • side
      • side(a)
      • sidelong

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