sideways

Adjective Satellite

• (of movement) at an angle

Adverb

• To or from one side; in a side-to-side motion.
• with one side forward or to the front
  • "turned sideways to show the profile"
• from the side; obliquely
  • "a picture lit sideways"
• toward one side
  • "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"
  • "leaning sideways"
• to, toward or at one side

Noun

• plural of sideway

Adj

• Moving or directed toward one side.
• Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
• Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
• In conflict (with); not compatible (with).

Adv

• With a side to the front.
• Towards one side.
• Askance; sidelong.
• Neither upward nor downward.
• Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.

Examples

• A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.
• Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,[…].
• He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.
• He gave the ball a sideways kick.
• He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.
• He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.
• Moving the tiles SIDEWAYS on the rack sometimes reveals new word possibilities.
• Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
• The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.
• There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.
• We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.

Synonyms

crabwise, obliquely, sidelong, sideway, sidewise, askance, askant, askile, broadside, laterally, sideling, sidely, sideward, sideways, sideyways

Antonyms

backwards, directly, forwards, towards

Related Words

skewly

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