sidelong

1. 1.

   on the side

   “the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
2. 2.

   with the side toward someone or something

   “seated sidelong to the window”
3. 3.

   to, toward or at one side

   “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”

   Synonymssidewaysobliquely

Questions about sidelong

What does sidelong mean?

sidelong means "(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sidelong?

sidelong has 3 syllables and divides as si-de-long under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sidelong?

Close synonyms include askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sidelong a common word?

sidelong is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.