sidewaysadverb, adjective
uk/ˈsaɪd.weɪz/us/ˈsaɪd.weɪz/C2 in a direction to the left or right, not forwards or backwards:
The fence is leaning sideways.
If you would move sideways to the left, I can get everyone in the picture.
More examples
- It would be easier to get the bookcase through the doorway if we turned it sideways on .
- Crabs walk with a sideways motion.
- Can you move the chairs sideways a bit?
- We turned the table sideways to make more room.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- anticlockwise
- aside
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- hither
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- stand
- stand back
- there
- there and back idiom
- to and fro
- to-ing and fro-ing
- wrong
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