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sideways |
Overview of adj sideways The adj sideways has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. crabwise, sideways -- ((of movement) at an angle) Overview of adv sideways The adv sideways has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sideways, sideway, sidewise -- (with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise") 2. sideway, sideways, sidewise -- (from the side obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise") 3. sideways, sideway, sidewise -- (toward one side "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows") 4. sidelong, sideways, obliquely -- (to toward or at one side "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face") Antonyms of adj sideways 1 sense of sideways Sense 1 crabwise, sideways INDIRECT (VIA perpendicular, oblique) -> parallel INDIRECT (VIA oblique, parallel) -> perpendicular Similarity of adj sideways 1 sense of sideways Sense 1 crabwise, sideways => oblique (vs. parallel) (vs. perpendicular) Attributes of adj sideways Familiarity of adj sideways sideways used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj sideways sideways Overview of adj sideways The adj sideways has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. crabwise, sideways -- ((of movement) at an angle) Overview of adv sideways The adv sideways has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. sideways, sideway, sidewise -- (with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise") 2. sideway, sideways, sidewise -- (from the side obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise") 3. sideways, sideway, sidewise -- (toward one side "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows") 4. sidelong, sideways, obliquely -- (to toward or at one side "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face")
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