Associations to the word «Sidelong»

SIDELONG, adjective. Directed to the side; sideways.

SIDELONG, adjective. Slanting or sloping; oblique.

SIDELONG, adjective. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

SIDELONG, adverb. Towards the side; sideways.

SIDELONG, adverb. Obliquely

SIDELONG, adverb. On the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground".

SIDELONG, adverb. With the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne.

SIDELONG, adverb. To, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face".

SIDELONG, adjective. (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".

SIDELONG, adjective. Situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson.

SIDELONG, adjective. Inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker.