Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Toward one side: took a step sideways; a sideways glance.
- adv. From one side: a painting lit sideways; sideways pressure.
- adv. With the side forward: turned sideways to show the profile; a sideways view.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Same as sidewise.
Wiktionary
- adj. Moving or directed toward one side.
- adj. informal Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
- adj. informal Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
- adj. usually with "with", informal In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
- adv. With a side to the front.
- adv. Towards one side.
- adv. Askance; sidelong.
- adv. informal Neither upward nor downward.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. Toward the side; sidewise.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to, toward or at one side
- adv. toward one side
- adv. from the side; obliquely.
- adj. (of movement) at an angle
- adv. with one side forward or to the front
Examples
“This is what I described as the sideways S pattern.”
“I knew I had to see this. orange cinema remember when thomas hayden church had that career changing/saving turn in 'sideways'?”
“You've written a book about managing a portfolio in sideways markets.”
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“The book walks readers through the fundamentals of investing in sideways markets, and I think it will help most investors do well in what will be an otherwise challenging environment.”
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“They didn't have any understanding of those of us a little sideways from the norm when I was growing up in the 60s, but today I'd likely be diagnosed on the spectrum as well.”
“With a despairing gurgle Gus started, doing his best to work sideways from the plunge.”
“Merlo hurled himself sideways from the chair, rolling as he hit the floor.”
“(Also, twisting the wrist to hold the gun out sideways is not comfortable).”
“Go in sideways pull the rug and then deal with them.”
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“There are plenty of people who see the world backwards, and some who see it clearly, but seeing the world sideways is the most fun.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sideways’.
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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all sides
sidecar, sidekick, sided, sidelong, sider, sideline, sidewise, sideways, sidetrack, sideslip, sidestep, sidepiece and 103 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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capitalcreative's Words
deviltry, visceral, cassanova, assuage, genesis, hot minute, osmosis, wistful, sublime, loathe, farfetched, newfangled and 283 more...
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Amalgamations
Words that have been smashed together.
keystone, touchstone, footprint, thunderhead, seesaw, textbook, leftovers, watchword, afterbirth, fieldwork, outcast, statesman and 148 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
ghostbusters, amadeus, miller's crossing, no reservations, hoot, insomnia, master and commander, the matrix, o brother, where ..., night of the comet, the dark knight, tropic thunder and 489 more...
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
Tweets
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