noun
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A footpath near a road.
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A byway.
adjective
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Moving or directed toward one side.
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He gave the ball a sideways kick.
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Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
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There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.
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Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
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Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.
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Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
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We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.
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(usually with "with") In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
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He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.
adverb
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With a side to the front.
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He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.
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Towards one side.
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A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back. He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.
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Askance; sidelong.
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Neither upward nor downward.
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The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.
Examples of sideways in a Sentence
She threw him a sideways look.
Gabe climbed them, forced to go sideways to make it up to the top.
Breathing deeply, she closed her eyes as the pilot maneuvered the aircraft sideways, up and down.
Alex leaned sideways and stretched a hand out to Sam, It's nice to meet you, Sam.
With a squeal of brakes Dean narrowly missed the rider in front, who shouted a profanity and spun sideways to a stop in the roadside gravel, miraculously maintaining balance.
The rear end of the car danced sideways, bouncing like a horse kicking up its heels.
The slender, sharp, slightly curved leaves are scattered thickly around the shoots; the upper one pressed towards the stem, and the lower directed sideways, so as to give a somewhat flattened appearance to the individual sprays.
In Phoenician itself and in the other Semitic alphabets the position of the middle legs of the W is altered so that the symbol takes such forms as or V or w, ultimately ending sometimes in a form like K laid sideways, he.
This plan, though mechanically a very good one, has certain defects, especially in the possibility of danger resulting from the rope slipping sideways, if the grooves in the bed are not perfectly true.
The sheets were laid in from eight different feed-boards, placed horizontally, and they passed through tapes, when they were seized by another series of tapes and then turned sideways between their corresponding impression and type cylinder, thus obtaining sheets printed on one side only.
Don't place your desk sideways to your office door.
Standing 11½ inches tall, she had a sophisticated look, with dark red lips, arched eyebrows and a coy sideways glance.
The rook, or castle, can move straightforward or sideways but not diagonally.
This can also be translated as one straight or sideways square followed by two perpendicular squares.
Once the wax is poured, center the wick and hold it in place with a clothespin laid sideways across the mouth of the jar.
The Zurich Upright suitcase rolls along smoothly on rotating casters, so that you can make 360-degree turns and even roll it sideways in cramped airports.
The Western Electric Company was transporting employees and their family members to a picnic when disaster struck; the boat tilted and fell over sideways dumping the passengers into the river.
Add runners to the outside edges with sticks glued on sideways.
Running shoes, on the other hand, tend to have very thick soles which aren't suited to the sideways movements used in tennis.
You should be holding the shoe sideways so that you can put pressure on the flat part of the wheel with your thumbs.
Have the tree frog climbing over the branch toward the viewer for a realistic look, or perch the frog sideways moving up a limb and branch simultaneously.
Clothing for this exercise should be slightly form fitting, as the body will be sideways, upside down and inverted through different poses.
The program is designed to help relieve back pain and other symptoms of scoliosis, a condition caused by an S- or C-shaped sideways curvature of the spine.
Turn the piece sideways and write a message on the back of it.
For side plank, turn yourself sideways so that you're propped up on just one elbow/forearm (other hand on waist) and the side of on foot.
Sit sideways on a bench, gripping the edge firmly with both hands for balance.
To hit obliques, place yourself sideways on just one elbow and the side of one foot.
Starting as a plank, you turn sideways so that you rest on the side of one foot and just one elbow/forearm.
Jog in place by hopping from one foot to the other and creating a kind of sideways movement with your body going back and forth in a movement similar to speed skating.
With this move, you cross over the step sideways, which is a great workout for the quads.
Step sideways, putting your right foot on top of the step, foot facing forward.
Turn sideways and raise your arms to be sure the back of the band doesn't slide up when you move.
The "Cs" are centered, not sideways, upside down, or crooked.
Sideswipe is the bot that slices Sideways (the Decepticon) in half to prevent him from escaping.
Sofia followed him as the halls angled up and narrowed until Two had to walk through them sideways.
His smile slipped sideways.
The ropes are spaced laterally by the blocks B, B, B, B, which also serve to prevent them from slipping sideways.
While the coin is being moved the hanger D is held firmly by the forceps E to prevent the pan from being pushed sideways.
To fill the gap in the approaches when the bridge is rolled forward a frame carrying that part of the road is moved into place sideways.
They are usually made with two beams, each with its three knife - edges, rigidly tied together or cast in one piece and some distance apart, so that the scale-pans being carried on two knife-edges, each is prevented from tipping over sideways.
As a rule an iris diaphragm, which can be moved sideways, is now fitted below this condenser; below is the mirror which can be moved in all directions.
He leaned forward as the horse leaped, and then back as he slowed it down, then sideways at an impossible angle as it scrambled around the barrel.
One of the kittens dashed toward Kiera, moving sideways like a spider on its flexible legs, and she skittered farther away.
Sideways movement of the stick moves the ailerons, causing the glider to bank and begin turning in the direction of the stick movement.
On top of this the last two front points have a double angulation to maintain bite when descending or traversing sideways.
The office chairs are available with fixed armrests or adjustable armrests that can be rotated sideways.
Murray provided excellent entertainment as he went sideways, scuffed the wing and filled the bumper with mud.
Next you squeeze your way stooping down a narrow corridor with a sloping wall that forces you to move sideways.
Hockney takes a sideways glance at the stories, presenting vivid images capturing the mood or detail rather than the main event.
We landed sideways, rushing through the tall French corn to a juddering halt.