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单词 sideways
释义

sideways

adverb or adjective

side·​ways ˈsīd-ˌwāz How to pronounce sideways (audio)
1
: from one side
2
: with one side forward
turn sideways
3
a
: in a lateral direction or downward to one side
hopped sideways
slump sideways
b
: askance
look sideways at someone

Synonyms

  • broadside
  • crabwise
  • edgeways [chiefly British]
  • edgewise
  • sidewise
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Tilt your head sideways and put your ear in your palm. Evan Hecht, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2022 In the throwback photo, Turner rests sideways on top of a bed while her baby bump is on display under a black crop top and green bomber jacket. Staff Author, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2022 To use a neti pot properly, officials at the Mayo Clinic advise tilting your head sideways and placing the spout of the neti pot in the upper nostril. Hannah Jeon, Good Housekeeping, 1 Aug. 2022 The follow-up to the Miura organized the 60-degree V-12 engine longitudinally rather than sideways, growing to 5.0 liters of displacement. Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 28 July 2022 Vassegh went sideways, and his right arm crashed into the padding. Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Francona said Morgan’s fastball has been going sideways instead of carrying through the zone. Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 9 Aug. 2022 But remodeling efforts went sideways after city officials boosted the number of employees scheduled to move into the building to 1,100. Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2022 Now everything is going sideways for President von der Leyen. John R. Macarthur, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1572, in the meaning defined at sense 3a

Kids Definition

sideways

adverb or adjective

side·​ways ˈsīd-ˌwāz How to pronounce sideways (audio)
1
: from one side
I looked at it sideways.
2
: with one side forward
a sideways position
He turned sideways to let me by.
3
: to one side
a sideways move
The statue fell sideways.

sideways

adverb

1
as in sidewise
with one side faced forward I had to walk sideways to get between the two towering piles of boxes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • sidewise
  • laterally
  • crabwise
  • sidewards
  • obliquely
  • broadside
  • edgewise
  • indirectly
  • edgeways
  • sideward
  • aslant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • straight
  • right
  • direct
  • dead
2
as in suspiciously
with distrust she glanced at us sideways when she heard us claim we weren't there that night

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • suspiciously
  • askance
  • warily
  • negatively
  • with a grain of salt
  • uncomfortably
  • doubtfully
  • askant
  • distrustfully
  • anxiously
  • skeptically
  • incredulously
  • dubiously
  • doubtingly
  • quizzically
  • critically
  • hesitantly
  • mistrustfully
  • questioningly
  • unbelievingly
  • uneasily
  • unfavorably
  • disapprovingly
  • hesitatingly
  • cynically
  • guardedly
  • apprehensively
  • reproachfully
  • charily
  • reprovingly
  • disparagingly
  • deprecatingly
  • captiously
  • reproachingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • positively
  • trustingly
  • favorably
  • confidently
  • approvingly
  • trustfully
  • uncritically
  • unquestioningly
  • sanguinely
  • credulously
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