| adv. | 1. | Laterally; obliquely; in the direction of the side. |
| 2. | On the side; | |
| a. | 1. | Lateral; oblique; not being directly in front; |
| Adj. | 1. | sidelong - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" |
| 2. | sidelong - situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson Synonyms: lateral | |
| 3. | sidelong - inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker | |
| Adv. | 1. | sidelong - on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" |
| 2. | sidelong - with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
| 3. | sidelong - to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" |