sidewise Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb toward one side
    sideways; sideway.
    • the car slipped sideways into the ditch
    • leaning sideways
    • a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
  2. adverb with one side forward or to the front
    sideways; sideway.
    • turned sideways to show the profile
    • crabs seeming to walk sidewise
  3. adverb from the side; obliquely
    sideway; sideways.
    • a picture lit sideways
    • scenes viewed sidewise

WordNet


Side"wise` adverb
Definitions
  1. On or toward one side; laterally; sideways.
    I saw them mask their awful glance Sidewise meek in gossamer lids. Emerson.
    the informal name of a specific type of heat-seeking air-to-air missile. Also, sidewinder missile.

Webster 1913