Dictionary Check: sidelong
"sidelong" is a valid word!
Scrabble
10
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
adjective
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
Example:
"her eyes with their misted askance look"
adjective
situated at or extending to the side
Example:
"the lateral branches of a tree"
adjective
inclining or directed to one side
Example:
"moved downward in a sidelong way"
adverb
on the side
Example:
"the plow lay sidelong on the ground"
adverb
with the side toward someone or something
Example:
"seated sidelong to the window"
adverb
to, toward or at one side
Example:
"darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
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