She was sitting on the sea wall, happily chomping away at her Cornish pasty, when he came sidling up to her.
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Sidling
Synonyms for "sidling" (42 found)
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Related words (21)
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14 entriesalignmentapproachbehavioral strategybehavioral tacticcommunication tacticlocomotionmannermotionmovemovementorientationposturerhetorical strategytactic
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17 entriesdiagonal stancefurtive sidlegradual sidlinglateral movementlateral stepmeasured approachoblique approachoblique argumentoblique posturesidestepsideways glidesideways shiftsidling gaitsidling rhetoricsidling stancesubtle sidle
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Collocations
13 entriescareful sidlinggradual sidlingsidling approachsidling distancesidling gaitsidling motionsidling movementsidling posturesidling stancesidling techniquesidling up tostealthy sidlingsubtle sidling
Inflections
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5 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
I stepped over the great western gate, and passed very gently, and sidling, through the two principal streets, only in my short waistcoat, for fear of damaging the roofs and eaves of the houses with the skirts of my coat.
Source: wiktionary
Starring and shying at straws, with sidlings and plungings.
Source: wiktionary