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  • adjective Toward a side.
  • adverb Toward a side.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb toward one side

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Examples

  • Robert poked in the fire and shot his friend a sidewards glance.

    more flavourtext nathreee 2010

  • Robert poked in the fire and shot his friend a sidewards glance.

    more flavourtext nathreee 2010

  • If you ask me about my favorite movie star, reality show or sports car, you will get feet shuffling and sidewards glances.

    Archive 2010-06-01 kludge 2010

  • I am assuming as they are looking for the will that the flash sidewards was taking place shortly after the plane had landed, at which point Kate is on the run from the police and definitely not bringing up a child.

    LOSTCasts 82: The Lighthouse 2010

  • If you ask me about my favorite movie star, reality show or sports car, you will get feet shuffling and sidewards glances.

    Your Inner Geek kludge 2010

  • But she hasn't yet figured out that if she's holding on to something, she can move her feet and actually move sidewards.

    Archive 2007-09-01 ScienceWoman 2007

  • But she hasn't yet figured out that if she's holding on to something, she can move her feet and actually move sidewards.

    Mommy Monday: Moving Up ScienceWoman 2007

  • And gave us a sidewards glance, and got really red.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2008

  • The wheels spin wildly on the ice; the car slides sidewards and fishtails.

    "Give The Surge A Chance" « Lean Left 2007

  • But the right to make the next move in a game of chess, or to move a pawn one space forward, but not (say) three spaces sidewards, is entirely dependent on the rules of chess; if the rules had been different, e.g. each player must make two consecutive moves or pawns can move sidewards, then the rights that players have would be entirely different.

    Social Institutions Miller, Seumas 2007

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