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sideways

si·de·ways

UK/ˈsaɪdweɪz/ US/ˈsaɪˌdweɪz/ fairly common informal us
adverb (4) adjective (1)

adverb

1.

to a very high level

  • “prices have gone sky-high”
  • “garbage was piled sky-high”
  • “the men were flung sky-high by the explosion”
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2.

from the side; obliquely

  • “a picture lit sideways”
  • “scenes viewed sidewise”
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3.

toward one side

  • “the car slipped sideways into the ditch”
  • “leaning sideways”
  • “a figure moving sidewise in the shadows”
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4.

to, toward or at one side

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

1.

(of movement) at an angle

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Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Phrases

  • fuck me sideways
  • go fuck yourself sideways
  • knock sideways
  • move sideways
  • spelled sideways

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