Sidelong
['saɪdlɒŋ] or ['saɪdlɔŋ]
Definition
(adj.) inclining or directed to one side; 'moved downward in a sidelong way' - Bram Stoker .
(adv.) to, toward or at one side; 'darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face'.
(adv.) with the side toward someone or something; 'seated sidelong to the window'- Nathaniel Hawthorne.
(adv.) on the side; 'the plow lay sidelong on the ground'.
Typist: Lycurgus--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
(adv.) On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
(a.) Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
Typed by Floyd
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lateral, oblique, not direct.
ad. Laterally, obliquely.
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Examples
- She then briskly resumed her work, and said with a sidelong glance of her eyes and chin at Mr Fledgeby: 'Where d'ye live? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Didn't you say,' asked Riderhood, after watching him for a while with a sidelong glance, 'as you had come back for a couple o' hours' rest? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My name is John Robinson, he answered with a sidelong glance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- You won't give anyone a chance, said Laurie, with a sidelong glance and a little more color than before in his sunburned face. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mrs. Lexington is her name--a little, dark, silent person, with suspicious and sidelong eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With her elbows on her bench, and her chin upon her hands, Miss Jenny Wren sat looking at him with a watchful sidelong look. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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