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Synonyms for sidelong
Grammar : Adj, adv |
Spell : sahyd-lawng, -long |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for sidelong
- alongside
- aside
- askew
- aslant
- aslope
- athwart
- broadside
- cater-corner
- catty-corner
- circular
- circumlocutory
- collateral
- complicated
- contingent
- cornerwise
- crabwise
- crooked
- devious
- diagonally
- disapprovingly
- discursive
- disdainfully
- dubiously
- duplicitous
- edgeways
- erratic
- eventual
- flanking
- indirect
- indirectly
- kitty-corner
- lateral
- laterally
- lesser
- long
- long way home
- long-drawn-out
- long-winded
- marginal
- meandering
- not the main
- obliquely
- obliquitous
- obscure
- off-center
- out-of-the-way
- periphrastic
- postern
- rambling
- roundabout
- secondary
- serpentine
- side
- side by side
- side-by-side
- sidelong
- sideward
- sidewards
- sideways
- sidewise
- sinister
- sinuous
- skirting
- slanting
- slantingly
- slantwise
- sloping
- snaking
- sneaking
- sneaky
- subordinate
- subsidiary
- superficial
- to the side
- twisting
- underhand
- vagrant
- vague
- wandering
- winding
- zigzag
Définition of sidelong
Origin :- "towartd the side," 1570s, alteration of Middle English sidlyng (see sidle), probably by influence of side (n.) + long (adj.). As an adjective from 1590s.
- As in indirect : adj roundabout; unintended
- As in lateral : adj sideways
- As in oblique : adj indirect, evasive
- As in side : adj minor; flanking
- As in askance : adv sideways
- As in sideways : adv to the edge, exteriority
- As in obliquely : adv cornerways
- Kirkwood could see his shamefaced, sidelong glances; and despised him properly for them.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Full into the firelight, with a stealthy, sidelong movement, glided a doglike animal.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- But she heard her chuckles; she could feel her sidelong glances.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- He again gave his boy that sidelong look and laughed his voiceless laugh.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- His sidelong glances cannot miss the irregular, chalked characters.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Mr. Drayton gave Hugh a sidelong glance of great astuteness.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- Genevive curtsied with a puzzled air and a sidelong glance at her sister.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- He shot her a swift, sidelong glance; then stopped, and turned.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- His quiet eyes took the other in in a quick, sidelong glance.
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "And the bogs are deep," McMurrough said, with a sidelong look.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
Antonyms for sidelong
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