sideway
- adverb
- /ˈsaɪdweɪ/
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de lado
- When the car skidded, it went sideways across the icy road.
You've you've not moved forward, you've moved sideways and backwards.
- You've you've not moved forward, you've moved sideways and backwards.
- It's just a row of horseshoe magnets arranged sideways and single coils magnetizing them.
- OK, now I'm going to say, all right, let's take this elevator and move it sideways really fast.
- Now what's going to happen when I tip this thing sideways?
Examples
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The dog kept moving sideways to avoid falling off the narrow path.
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You've you've not moved forward, you've moved sideways and backwards.
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No, she, she, she looks at me sideways every single day.
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And and I really tried to turn that sideways and it totally got stuck.
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But when you try to go sideways, it will come back again.
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OK, hold my hand sideways very, very slowly.
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Why did things go sideways in training when I'd worked on that?
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I can tell you that you're mostly going sideways all the way around the track.
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And things are going sideways in Tripoli again.
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Don't just look up, look backwards, sideways, around corners.
Synonyms
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2.1
At or toward the side instead of straight ahead
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5.0
To the side, moving in a sideways way
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4.6
In a direction that is toward one side rather than forward or backward
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6.6
To the side or at an angle
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7.1
To one side in a sideways way
To move toward one side
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sideway comes from the two simple parts side ('the part next to something') and way ('direction' or 'path'), so it literally means 'in the direction of the side'. Think of moving or looking the 'way' to the side, and that is why sideway means toward or along the side.