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sideway
adverb
in a lateral direction
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 7
- Starts with
- S
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- IDEWA
- Scrabble score
- 14
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
adverb
in a lateral direction
“the car slipped sideways into the ditch”
adverb
from the side; obliquely
“a picture lit sideways”
adverb
with one side forward or to the front
“turned sideways to show the profile”
In context
Example Sentences
the car slipped sideways into the ditch
leaning sideways
a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
a picture lit sideways
scenes viewed sidewise
turned sideways to show the profile
crabs seeming to walk sidewise
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