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Meaning of SIDEWISE

Pronunciation:  'sId`wIz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
  2. [adv]  from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
  3. [adv]  with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
 
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 Synonyms: sideway, sideways
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Side"wise`\, adv.
On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
      I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in
      gossamer lids.                           --Emerson.
 

 

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