SIDEWAYS Definition & Meaning

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sideways

[ sahyd-weyz ]

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adverb

with a side foremost.
facing to the side.
toward or from one side.
with a deceitful, scornful, disparaging, or amorous glance.

adjective

moving, facing, or directed toward one side.
indirect or evasive.

sideways

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adverb

moving, facing, or inclining towards one side
from one side; obliquely
with one side forward

adjective

moving or directed to or from one side
towards or from one side

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of sideways¹

First recorded in 1570–80; side ¹ + -ways

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Idioms and Phrases

see knock for a loop (sideways) ; look sideways at .

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Despite myriad examples to the contrary, watching a show’s starring character die suddenly still knocks us sideways.

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“When stakes feel high everything goes sideways,” Reeves says.

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He pointed to the example of the Ever Given container ship, which was hit by a gust of wind in the Suez Canal in 2021 and got wedged sideways between the canal banks.

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They very much are making contact officially with the outside world, and in this case, purposefully; obviously they made contact with the outside world earlier, and it goes very sideways.

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I accidentally told my best friend, like sideways, because my friend who lives with me, he saw some stills on the washing machine.

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