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sidelong
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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adjective
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
“{'source': 'Elizabeth Bowen', 'text': 'her eyes with their misted askance look'}”
adjective
inclining or directed to one side
“{'source': 'Bram Stoker', 'text': 'moved downward in a sidelong way'}”
adjective
situated at or extending to the side
“the lateral branches of a tree”
adverb
to, toward or at one side
“darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”
adverb
with the side toward someone or something
“{'source': 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', 'text': 'seated sidelong to the window'}”
adverb
on the side
“the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
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{'source': 'Elizabeth Bowen', 'text': 'her eyes with their misted askance look'}
sidelong glances
{'source': 'Bram Stoker', 'text': 'moved downward in a sidelong way'}
the lateral branches of a tree
{'source': 'Tennyson', 'text': 'shot out sidelong boughs'}
darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face
{'source': 'Nathaniel Hawthorne', 'text': 'seated sidelong to the window'}
the plow lay sidelong on the ground
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