Definitions for sidelong
ˈsaɪdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋside·long

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelongadjective

   (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"

2. lateral, sidelongadjective

   situated at or extending to the side

   "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

3. sidelongadverb

   inclining or directed to one side

   "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker

4. sidelongadverb

   on the side

   "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"

5. sidelongadverb

   with the side toward someone or something

   "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

6. sidelong, sideways, obliquelyadverb

   to, toward or at one side

   "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sidelongadverb

   Towards the side; sideways.

2. sidelongadverb

   obliquely

3. sidelongadjective

   Directed to the side; sideways.

   He cast me a sidelong glance.

4. sidelongadjective

   Slanting or sloping; oblique.

5. sidelongadjective

   Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

   She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sidelongadjective

   Lateral; oblique; not in front; not direct.

   Etymology: side and long.

   She darted from her eyes a sidelong glance,
   Just as she spoke, and, like her words, it flew;
   Seem’d not to beg what she then bid me do. Dryden.

   The deadly wound is in thy soul:
   When thou a tempting harlot do’st behold,
   And when she casts on thee a sidelong glance,
   Then try thy heart, and tell me if it dance? Dryden.

   The reason of the planets motions in curve lines is the attraction of the sun, and an oblique or sidelong impulse. John Locke.

   The kiss snatch’d hasty from the sidelong maid. James Thomson.

2. Sidelongadverb

   1. Laterally; obliquely; not in pursuit; not in opposition.

   As if on earth
   Winds under ground, or waters, forcing way,
   Sidelong had push’d a mountain from his seat,
   Half sunk with all his pines. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   As a lion, bounding in his way,
   With force augmented bears against his prey,
   Sidelong to seize. John Dryden, Ceyx and Alcyone.

   2. On the side.

   If it prove too wet, lay your pots sidelong; but shade those which blow from the afternoon sun. John Evelyn, Kalendar.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sidelong

   Sidelong generally refers to something that is directed to or from the side, typically involving a glance or movement. It can also concern a position, a direction, or an indirect, oblique, or slanting manner.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sidelongadverb

   laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side

2. Sidelongadverb

   on the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong

3. Sidelongadjective

   lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance

4. Etymology: [See Sideling, adv.]

Anagrams for sidelong »

1. doelings

2. glenoids

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sidelong in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sidelong in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sidelong
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sidelong
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sidelong
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sidelong