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Sidelong

adjective
1.
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy.  Synonyms: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty.  "Sidelong glances"
2.
Situated at or extending to the side.  Synonym: lateral.  "Shot out sidelong boughs"
3.
Inclining or directed to one side.
adverb
1.
On the side.
2.
With the side toward someone or something.
3.
To, toward or at one side.  Synonyms: obliquely, sideways.






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"Sidelong" Quotes from Famous Books



... a sidelong glance. "And if he doesn't, will things be mended?" she inquired. "Will it save his honour to have Mr. Wilding come ...
— Mistress Wilding • Rafael Sabatini

... girls on the reservation. Who were they? Why did he try to arrest them? Here! I'll have to ask him—stabbed or not!" And, anxious and angering, the colonel hastened over toward the agent, now being slowly aided to his feet. Plume, too, had come sidelong down the sandy bank with Cutler, of the infantry, asking where he should put in his men. "Oh, just deploy across the flats to stand off any possible attack," said Plume. "Don't cross the Sandy, and, damn it all! get a bugler out and ...
— An Apache Princess - A Tale of the Indian Frontier • Charles King

... was interested. But not in the things which appealed to his mistress. Pat was pondering the sullen nature of the horse beside him, and as they rode slowly toward town he stole frequent sidelong glances at his unfriendly companion. But all he could arrive at was that, while appearing peaceable enough, this horse was the most self-satisfied animal chance had ever thrown his way. After a time he ceased all friendly advances, such as pressing close beside ...
— Bred of the Desert - A Horse and a Romance • Marcus Horton

... crazy about her and tried to take her into my arms, but she said: 'Paws off!'. Then I knelt down and opened my heart to her and poured out all the affection that was suffocating me. She seemed surprised at my change of manner and gave me a sidelong glance, as if to say, 'Ah! so that is the way women make a fool of you, old fellow! Very ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

... long black hair dangled loosely about his shoulders, he was clad in a hunting dress similar to that worn by the Shawanoe, except that he was without a blanket, and his clothing was much shabbier. He carried a bow fully double his own length, and advanced with a curious sidelong, wabbling gait, which accented more strikingly his difference from those ...
— Deerfoot in The Mountains • Edward S. Ellis


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