Synonyms of the word sideways


SIDEWAYSCRABWISE - OBLIQUE - OBLIQUELY - SIDELONG - SIDEWAY - SIDEWISE

sideways

  • n. plural of sideway.
  • adj. Moving or directed toward one side.
  • adj. (informal) Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
  • adj. (informal) Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
  • adj. (chiefly US, colloquial) Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
  • adj. (usually with "with", informal) In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
  • adv. With a side to the front.
  • adv. Towards one side.
  • adv. Askance; sidelong.
  • adv. (informal) Neither upward nor downward.

crabwise

  • adj. In the manner of a crab; sideways.
  • adj. (figuratively) Incidental.
  • adv. In the manner of a crab; sideways.

oblique

  • adj. Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.
  • adj. Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.
  • adj. Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
  • adj. (botany) Of leaves, having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side lower than the other.
  • adj. (botany) Of branches or roots, growing at an angle that is neither vertical nor horizontal.
  • adj. (grammar) Pertaining to the oblique case (non-nominative).
  • adj. (music) Employing one of the three contrapuntal motions, namely, 1. Parallel, 2. Contrary and 3. Oblique…
  • n. (geometry) An oblique line.
  • n. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
  • n. (grammar) The oblique case.
  • v. (intransitive) To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.
  • v. (military) To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished…
  • v. (transitive, computing) To slant (text, etc.) at an angle.

obliquely

  • adv. in an oblique manner; sideways.

sidelong

  • adj. Directed to the side; sideways.
  • adj. Slanting or sloping; oblique.
  • adj. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
  • adv. Towards the side; sideways.
  • adv. obliquely.

sideway

  • n. A footpath near a road.
  • n. A byway.
  • adj. sidelong.
  • adv. sideways.

sidewise

  • adv. sideways.

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