What is the meaning of sideways?

adjective

  • Of movement. ( at an angle)

adverb

  • With one side forward or to the front.
    • usage: "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
  • From the side; obliquely.
    • usage: "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
  • Toward one side.
    • usage: "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
  • To, toward or at one side.
    • usage: "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
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