| Adj. | 1. | sidelong - (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances"indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing" | |
| 2. | sidelong - situated at or extending to the side; "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennysonside - located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" | |
| 3. | sidelong - inclining or directed to one side; "moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stokerinclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane" | |
| Adv. | 1. | sidelong - on the side; "the plow lay sidelong on the ground" | |
| 2. | sidelong - with the side toward someone or something; "seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne | |
| 3. | sidelong - to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" | |