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- [sahyd-weyz]
- /ˈsaɪdˌweɪz/
- /ˈsaɪdweɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sahyd-weyz]
- /ˈsaɪdˌweɪz/
Definitions of sideways word
- adverb sideways with a side foremost. 1
- adverb sideways facing to the side. 1
- adverb sideways toward or from one side. 1
- adverb sideways with a deceitful, scornful, disparaging, or amorous glance. 1
- adjective sideways moving, facing, or directed toward one side. 1
- adjective sideways indirect or evasive. 1
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Origin of sideways
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; side1 + -ways
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Sideways
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sideways popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sideways usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sideways
adv sideways
- askance — with an oblique glance
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
adj sideways
- aslant — at a slant
- cater-cornered — diagonally placed; diagonal
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- crossways — crosswise.
- crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
adverb sideways
- along — If something is situated along a road, river, or corridor, it is situated in it or beside it.
- alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
- aside — If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- edgewise — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
- exteriority — Surface; externality.
adjective sideways
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