sidewise

Questions about sidewise

What does sidewise mean?

sidewise means "toward one side". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sidewise?

sidewise has 2 syllables: side-wise. The stress falls on "side". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪˌdwaɪz/.

What is another word for sidewise?

Close synonyms include sideways, sideway, sideways, sideway, sideway. 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 sidewise a common word?

sidewise 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.