| Adj. | 1. | sideways - (of movement) at an angleoblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" | |
| Adv. | 1. | sideways - with one side forward or to the front; "turned sideways to show the profile"; "crabs seeming to walk sidewise" | |
| 2. | sideways - from the side; obliquely; "a picture lit sideways"; "scenes viewed sidewise" | |
| 3. | sideways - toward one side; "the car slipped sideways into the ditch"; "leaning sideways"; "a figure moving sidewise in the shadows" | |
| 4. | sideways - to, toward or at one side; "darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face" | |