sidelong : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sidelong	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sidelong
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sidelong adv on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" Synonym(s): sidelong, sideways, obliquely adj (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" Synonym(s): askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson Synonym(s): lateral, sidelong inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sidelong \Side"long`\, adv. [See {Sideling}, adv.] 1. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. 2. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong. Note: [See {Sideling}, adv. ] --Evelyn.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sidelong \Side"long`\, a. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance. The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love. --Goldsmith.