When something occurs on or in the direction of one side, it happens sideways. You can lean over sideways to see if your cat's hiding under the bed, or tip a teapot sideways to pour the last drops out.
Toward the side; sidewise.
Adjective S.
(of movement) at an angle
Adverb
to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face"
Adverb
toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows"
Adverb
from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise"
Adverb
with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise"
adv.
Toward the side; sidewise.
Sideways
A second refraction made sideways.
His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings.
Toward the side; sidewise.
Usage Examples
My father was brought up in an orphanage in the Catskills. He was a factory worker. And because his family wasn't there for him, family was everything. We could disagree inside the house, but outside the house it was us against the world. So when I became a drag actor, he looked sideways but said okay.
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