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sidewise, adv. and a.|ˈsaɪdwaɪz|
[f. side n.1 + -wise.]
1. In a lateral direction; to one side; sidewards.
1571Digges Pantom. i. xviii. F b, Go sidewise from thence as afore in a right angle. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 75 Because man, as also all other creatures goe forward, and not backward or sidewise. 1616J. Lane Contn. Sqr.'s T. viii. 222 Whole troopes, and shockes of pikes, sidewise, and foreright, vibrant thrustes in strikes. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Isagoge b 7 b, These only amongst crustates swimme not, but goe, and that side-wise. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Terra, A Series of very low..Leaps, which a Horse makes forward, bearing sidewise. 1809A. Henry Trav. 296 The men..each moved sidewise, first up, and then down the room. 1854Greenwood Haps & Mishaps 83 Joltings, backwards, forwards, and sidewise. 1880H. James Portr. Lady ii, ‘It's a dear old place,’ said the young man, looking sidewise at his neighbour.
2. = sideways 2.
1608Topsell Serpents (1658) 811 They are not folded round about one another like unto Serpents, but are straightly closed together side-wise. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 151 Some couple laterally or sidewise as wormes. 1702Eng. Theophrastus 102 They gall us front and side-wise like Rams. 1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile v. 109 A native boat meets us, floating down side-wise with the current. Ibid. vi. 150 An old disused water-wheel lying up sidewise against the bank like a huge teetotum. 1880H. James Portr. Lady iii, On the other side..was an old house..standing sidewise to the street.
3. On or from the side.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. (1614) 207 If they beate spice, the morter must lie side-wise. 1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Archit. I. 116 They must needs have a woful Effect, when view'd sidewise.
4. In an indirect manner; indirectly.
1654Z. Coke Logick 18 A reasonable soul..is placed in the Predicament of Substance, but side-wise, not directly.
5. = sideways 4.
1828–32Webster s.v., To hold the head sidewise.
6. As adj. Directed towards one side; sideward. Also fig.
1853Dickens Bleak Ho. xii, An enjoyment expressed..by an additional tightness of face, thin elongation of compressed lips, and sidewise look. 1894Outing XXIII. 392/1 As they passed Nan-mogie, each man gave a sidewise bow. a1914Joyce Stephen Hero (1944) 48 You're a 'cute fellow, said Stephen in a sidewise fashion. |