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sidelong

8 letters · 8 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy;, Elizabeth Bowen

    her eyes with their misted askance look

  2. adjective

    situated at or extending to the side; ;, Tennyson

    the lateral branches of a tree

  3. adjective

    inclining or directed to one side;, Bram Stoker

    moved downward in a sidelong way

  4. adverb

    on the side

    the plow lay sidelong on the ground

  5. adverb

    with the side toward someone or something;, Nathaniel Hawthorne

    seated sidelong to the window

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