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Sidelong

//ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ// adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Directed to the side; sideways. not-comparable

    "He cast me a sidelong glance."

  2. 2
    Slanting or sloping; oblique. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward. not-comparable

    "She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood."

  4. 4
    Along the side of something. not-comparable

    "The passenger train was signalled from one of the west end bay platforms along the Down South Line; as it passed through a crossover to the Up South Line the freight train, which had been travelling slowly to the Up South Line, over-ran the signal protecting the crossover and came into sidelong collision with it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy wordnet
  2. 2
    inclining or directed to one side wordnet
  3. 3
    situated at or extending to the side wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards the side; sideways.
  2. 2
    obliquely
Adverb
  1. 1
    to, toward or at one side wordnet
  2. 2
    with the side toward someone or something wordnet
  3. 3
    on the side wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.

Etymology 2

1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.

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