Associations to the word «Sidewise»
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Adjective
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Adverb
Wiktionary
SIDEWISE, adverb. Sideways
Dictionary definition
SIDEWISE, adverb. Toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows".
SIDEWISE, adverb. With one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise".
SIDEWISE, adverb. From the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.