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sidelong

si·de·long

UK/ˈsaɪd.lɒŋ/ US/ˈsaɪd.lɑŋ/ uncommon
adjective (3) adverb (3)

adjective

1.

(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”
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2.

situated at or extending to the side

  • “the lateral branches of a tree”
  • “shot out sidelong boughs” Tennyson
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3.

inclining or directed to one side

  • “moved downward in a sidelong way” Bram Stoker
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adverb

1.

on the side

  • “the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
2.

with the side toward someone or something

  • “seated sidelong to the window” Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.

to, toward or at one side

  • “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”
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Origin

1520s, from Middle English sidlyng (early 14th century), from side + -lyng (“(frequentative)”) (modern English -le (“(frequentative)”)). Reanalyzed as side + long.

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