sidelong

sidelong is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as adverb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side.
2. adverb. On the side; as, to lay a thing sidelong.
3. adjective. Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; as, a sidelong glance.
4. adjective. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- Elizabeth Bowen

   "her eyes with their misted askance look"

   "sidelong glances"

   Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squinty

5. adjective. inclining or directed to one side - Bram Stoker

   "moved downward in a sidelong way"

6. adjective. situated at or extending to the side- Tennyson

   "the lateral branches of a tree"

   "shot out sidelong boughs"

   Synonyms: lateral

7. adverb. to, toward or at one side

   "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"

   Synonyms: obliquely, sideways

8. adverb. with the side toward someone or something- Nathaniel Hawthorne

   "seated sidelong to the window"

9. adverb. on the side

   "the plow lay sidelong on the ground"

Synonyms

askance, askant, asquint, squint, squinty, lateral, obliquely, sideways

Words from these letters

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