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English Dictionary: sidewise by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sidewise
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sidewise
adv
  1. toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
    Synonym(s): sideways, sideway, sidewise
  2. with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
    Synonym(s): sideways, sideway, sidewise
  3. from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
    Synonym(s): sideway, sideways, sidewise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sidewise \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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