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All sidelong synonyms

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adv sidelong

  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • catercorner — diagonal.
  • kitty-corner — diagonal.
  • cornerwise — with a corner in front; diagonally
  • askance — with an oblique glance
  • aslant — at a slant
  • disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
  • aslope — sloping
  • broadside — A broadside is a strong written or spoken attack on a person or institution.
  • catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.

adj sidelong

  • flanking — the side of an animal or a person between the ribs and hip.
  • indirect — not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
  • crabwise — (of motion) sideways; like a crab
  • edgeways — with the edge forward; in the direction of the edge.
  • lateral — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
  • circumlocutory — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.

adverb sidelong

  • alongside — If one thing is alongside another thing, the first thing is next to the second.
  • exteriority — Surface; externality.
  • obliquely — in an oblique manner or direction.

adjective sidelong

  • longwinded — Alternative spelling of long-winded.
  • glancing — striking obliquely and bouncing off at an angle: a glancing blow.
  • oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
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