sidewiseadv.adj.

1531 tr. E. Fox et al. Determinations Moste Famous Vniuersities iv. f. 85^v Al matrimony is forbydden by the lawe of god, betwene those persons, that be in the first degree of consanguinite and affinite, not one right ouer the tother but sidelynge... And like wise in the seconde degree of a persone, that is ouer vs side wise [L. transuersalis superioris].

?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xviii. sig. Eiv^v Go sidewise from thence as afore in a right angle.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 75 Because man, as also all other creatures goe forward, and not backward or sidewise.

1616 J. Lane Contin. Squire's Tale viii. 222 Whole troopes, and shockes of pikes, sidewise, and foreright, vibrant thrustes in strikes.

1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. B7^v These only amongst crustates swimme not, but goe, and that side-wise.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Terra A Series of very low, easy Leaps, which a Horse makes forward, bearing sidewise.

1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 296 The men..each moved sidewise, first up, and then down the room.

1854 ‘G. Greenwood’ Haps & Mishaps 83 Joltings, backwards, forwards, and sidewise.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. ii. 18 ‘It's a dear old place,’ said the young man, looking sidewise at his neighbour.

1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 69/2 The bay..lurched sidewise with a frantic squeal.

1964 Financial Times 12 Sept. 8/4 The market will ‘move sidewise’ or even suffer a setback.

2009 Scotsman (Nexis) 20 Mar. 72 It didn't matter if they were going forwards, backwards or sidewise, they looked to keep possession.

1581 T. Nicholas tr. A. de Zárate Discov. & Conquest Peru ii. ix. f. 39 Rather he would goe and compasse them about 2 or 3 leagues to assaulte them on their backs, or sidewise.

1723 E. Chambers tr. S. Le Clerc Treat. Archit. I. 116 They must needs have a woful Effect, when view'd sidewise.

1764 R. Long Astron. II. xv. 555 If the tail of a comet be viewed sidewise, the whole length thereof is seen.

1820 J. T. James Ital. Schools of Painting 193 He makes ten different sorts [sc. of noses], which he says appear to the greatest advantage when seen sidewise, and twelve other kinds proper to be seen frontwise.

1867 Illustr. London Newes 23 Mar. 270/2 Figs. 4 and 5 are representations, the first viewed sidewise and the second viewed endwise, of the moveable part.

1922 Bull. Photogr. 15 Feb. 198/2 The dry print..is then placed in lukewarm water, in which the gelatine image swells so that it may be seen in relief when looked at sidewise.

2006 Chasqui 35 ii. 187 An anamorphic lens offers a shot of the pier sidewise.

1588 C. Lucar Appendix cxvii. 112 in tr. N. Tartaglia 3 Bks. Shooting Look through the channel F G in the ruler B C, at some other thing lying sidewise in a right angle 100 yards..from your first standing.

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 307 They are not folded round about one another like vnto Serpents, but are straightly closed together side-wise.

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xviii. 207 If they beate spice, the morter must lie side-wise.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 151 Some couple laterally or sidewise as wormes. View more context for this quotation

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 102 They gall us front and side-wise like Rams.

1787 Minor (Dublin ed.) I. ix. 90 Mrs. Clacker, Miss Grizzle, and several other late importations..made their entry sidewise.

1847 W. Beach Improved Syst. Midwifery (1848) i. 72 They were turned with their faces and bodies half sidewise to each other.

1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile v. 109 A native boat meets us, floating down side-wise with the current.

1881 H. James Portrait of Lady I. iii. 26 On the other side..was an old house..standing sidewise to the street.

1906 Canad. Patent Office Rec. Sept. 2155/1 A vapourizing tube arranged sidewise to and transversely of said downwardly extending perforate side.

1937 Pop. Sci. Monthly Oct. 69/1 Boys and girls who can pass through the silhouette opening without..squeezing through sidewise are allowed to enter the play area.

2011 B. Hand New Bern ii. 44 The men usually stood sidewise, making a smaller target (very fat men were wise to avoid dueling).

1654 Z. Coke Art of Logick 18 A reasonable soul..is placed in the Predicament of Substance, but side-wise, not directly.

1762 Milton's Poet. Wks. (new ed.) II. 143 But the fair blossom hangs the head Sidewise [1645 Side-ways].

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) To hold the head sidewise.

1859 J. E. Cooke H. St. John, Gentleman xxxiii. 187 The graceful head..drooped sidewise towards the rounded shoulder.

1912 Mrs. W. Woodrow Black Pearl iv. 61 He lifted his head, which he had bent sidewise the better to hear their almost soundless footsteps.

1933 W. D. Edmonds in Sat. Evening Post 21 Oct. 42/3 He looked very handsome..with his white hat tilted sidewise.

2008 W. Coleman Jazz & Twelve O'Clock Tales 81 A door is hanging sidewise, held by rusty bottom bolts beneath broken rear windows.

1680 G. Mackenzie Sci. Herauldry 87 All Nations agree that a direct standing, is more noble than a side-wise standing.

1827 Western Intelligencer (Cleveland, Ohio) 28 Nov. It..has dealt largely in insinuations and in sidewise attacks upon the Calvanistic [sic] denominations.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xii. 112 An enjoyment expressed..by an additional tightness of face, thin elongation of compressed lips, and sidewise look.

1894 Outing 23 392/1 As they passed Nan-mogie, each man gave a sidewise bow.

a1914 J. Joyce Stephen Hero (1944) 48 You're a 'cute fellow, said Stephen in a sidewise fashion.

1944 Financial Times 30 Aug. 3/5 The recent sidewise shift of prices.

1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians iii. 111 Strangest is Sidewinder..with erect, horny scales over the eyes, strongly keeled scales, and a rapid, sidewise motion over sand.

2004 Times 27 Apr. (Law section) 15/2 The Home Office permanent secretary..could always make a sidewise move.