| ADVERB | all | sidelong | on the side |
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| all | sidelong | with the side toward someone or something | |
| all | sidelong, sideways, obliquely | to, toward or at one side | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | sidelong, askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy |
| all | sidelong, lateral | situated at or extending to the side | |
| all | sidelong | inclining or directed to one side |
| Meaning | (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy. | |
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| Example | "sidelong glances" | |
| Synonyms | askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty | |
| Broader | indirect | not direct in spatial dimension |
| Spanish | bizco, desconfiado | |
| Catalan | desconfiat | |
| Meaning | situated at or extending to the side. | |
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| Example | "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson | |
| Synonym | lateral | |
| Broader | side | Located on a side |
| Spanish | lateral | |
| Catalan | lateral | |
| Meaning | Inclining or directed to one side. | |
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| Example | "moved downward in a sidelong way"- Bram Stoker | |
| Broader | inclined | At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position |
| Meaning | On the side. | |
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| Example | "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" | |
| Meaning | With the side toward someone or something. | |
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| Example | "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
| Meaning | To, toward or at one side. | |
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| Example | "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" | |
| Synonyms | sideways, obliquely | |
| Spanish | de lado, oblicuamente | |
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