sidelong meaning and definition

SIDELONG adjective

Definition of sidelong (adjective)

1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
   • "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"
   • synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty
2. situated at or extending to the side
   • "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
   • synonyms: lateral
3. inclining or directed to one side
   • "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker

SIDELONG adverb

Definition of sidelong (adverb)

1. on the side
   • "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
2. with the side toward someone or something
   • "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. to, toward or at one side
   • "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
   • synonyms: obliquely, sideways