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sideways

sideways

100 2.1
At or toward the side instead of straight ahead
  • adverb
  • /ˈsaɪdˌweɪz/
translation icon : de lado
  • The car skidded sideways on the icy road, causing everyone inside to panic.
  • move sideways
  • up, down, sideways
  • push sideways

So they turn it sideways and it's like huge.

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Examples

  • He tilted his body slightly sideways to get a better view of the stage.

  • We got to go in sideways here.

  • So they turn it sideways and it's like huge.

  • Now we're looking sideways across it.

  • You need phone, film your phone, turn it sideways and start the film and close your first video.

  • Look, things have kind of gone sideways here.

  • So if things start going sideways, call Link's mom.

  • Can you try turning sideways with your chin up?

  • I can take the raft in there sideways and flip us.

  • The force of her weight spun me sideways as I bobbed to the surface.

    Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

laterally
vssideways
8 5.0

To the side, moving in a sideways way

is the everyday phrase for simple side direction
sidewise
vssideways
1 6.6

To the side or at an angle

is the general idea of facing or moving toward the side
sidewards
vssideways
1 4.6

In a direction that is toward one side rather than forward or backward

is the general notion of orientation to a side
sidelong
vssideways
1 7.1

To one side in a sideways way

is a plain description of being toward the side not angled
sideway
vssideways
5.8

In a way that moves toward the side

is the broad sense of turning or pointing to the side
sideward
vssideways
4.2

To move toward one side

is the neutral term for side orientation or motion
crabwise
vssideways
8.2

To move sideways or at an angle

is the general term for pointing or moving to one side

Antonyms

1.0

In the direction someone faces or moves

How Angled

diagonally
15 3.0
athwart
  • Archaic
9.9
sideways
100 2.1
across
295 1.0

Surface Forms

sideways positive

Morphology

sideways = side (transparent) = side + ways

Formed from the noun 'side' plus the adverbial suffix '-ways' meaning 'in the direction of the side', a derivation readily understood by B1 learners.

Etymology

Sideways comes from the two simple parts side ('the side of something') and way ('direction' or 'path'). So to go sideways is to move or face 'toward the side' instead of straight ahead.