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SIDELONG
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Example:
sidelong glances
Synonyms:
askance; askant; asquint; sidelong; squint; squint-eyed; squinty
Classified under:
Similar:
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inclining or directed to one side
Example:
moved downward in a sidelong way
Classified under:
Similar:
inclined (at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Situated at or extending to the side
Example:
shot out sidelong boughs
Synonyms:
lateral; sidelong
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
side (located on a side)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To, toward or at one side
Example:
darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
With the side toward someone or something
Example:
seated sidelong to the window
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Sense 3
Meaning:
On the side
Example:
the plow lay sidelong on the ground
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Adverbs
Context examples:
He left off scraping his chin, and sucked in his cheeks until they seemed to meet inside; keeping his sidelong glance upon me all the while.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Methinks that I could lay my hand upon another who is smitten with the same trouble,” said she, with the same sidelong look.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He directed his eyes at me in that sidelong glance again, and he made his face very lantern-jawed, for the greater convenience of scraping, as he answered: Oh dear, I am not referring to the Doctor! Oh no, poor man! I mean Mr. Maldon!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Ah, you start, said she, with the same sidelong look of mischief, and I cannot marvel at it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All this she reeled off in a loud voice, and then glanced with sidelong, questioning eyes at Alleyne for his approval.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
