SIDEWISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sidewise mean? 

• SIDEWISE (adverb)
  The adverb SIDEWISE has 3 senses:

1. toward one side

2. with one side forward or to the front

3. from the side; obliquely

  Familiarity information: SIDEWISE used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDEWISE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toward one side

Synonyms:

sideway; sideways; sidewise

Context example:

a figure moving sidewise in the shadows

Sense 2

Meaning:

With one side forward or to the front

Synonyms:

sideway; sideways; sidewise

Context example:

crabs seeming to walk sidewise

Sense 3

Meaning:

From the side; obliquely

Synonyms:

sideway; sideways; sidewise

Context example:

scenes viewed sidewise

 Context examples 

For in that instant the she-wolf leaped sidewise from the trail into the clump of spruce trees and disappeared.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The man went to the ground sidewise, leaped to his feet, and made a mad rush.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But the moment before the rifle came to a level on him, he leaped sidewise behind the corner of the cabin.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Ruth glanced sidewise at his neck.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The next moment the two mothers separated, and, before they rushed together again, the lynx lashed out at the cub with a huge fore-paw that ripped his shoulder open to the bone and sent him hurtling sidewise against the wall.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

She brushed her nose with her paws, trying to dislodge the fiery darts, thrust it into the snow, and rubbed it against twigs and branches, and all the time leaping about, ahead, sidewise, up and down, in a frenzy of pain and fright.

(White Fang, by Jack London)