Jill looked at John sideways.
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Sideways
/ˈsaɪdweɪz/
Synonyms for "sideways" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
acrossacross the grainasideaskanceaskantaslantaslopeasquintat an angleathwartathwartshipsbreadthwisebroad side foremostbroadsidebroadside onbroadwaysbroadwisecircuitouslycontrariwise
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (36)
contrawisecrabwisecrisscrosscrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrosswaycrosswayscrosswisedepthwisedeviatelydeviouslydigressivelydivagationallydivergentlyedgewayedgewaysedgewiseexcursivelyflanking
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Noun(3 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (59)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesapproachdirectional adverbindirectness adverbmanner adverbmotion adverborientationspatial adverbspatial relationstrategy
More specific
12 entriesaslantdiagonallylateral movementlateral offsetlateral shiftleftwardoblique maneuveroblique orientationrightwardside shufflesideways stepslantwise
Collocations
8 entriessideways approachsideways glancesideways movementsideways orientationsideways passsideways shiftsideways stepsideways tilt
Inflections
2 entriesmore sidewaysmost sideways
Derivations
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
26 total sentences available.
This inefficiency is a result of the animal's large body and massive legs and feet, which contribute a sideways motion to its walk.
Source: tatoeba (60382)
As the road was wet, the car must have slipped sideways.
Source: tatoeba (280376)
He edged sideways through the crowd.
Source: tatoeba (328744)
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