sidewise

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sidewise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sidewise \Side"wise`\, adv.
     On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
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           I saw them mask their awful glance
           Sidewise meek in gossamer lids.          --Emerson.
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sidewise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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