sidelong

Meaning

adjective

1. (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- Elizabeth Bowen
   “her eyes with their misted askance look”
2. situated at or extending to the side- Tennyson
   “the lateral branches of a tree”
3. inclining or directed to one side - Bram Stoker
   “moved downward in a sidelong way”

adverb

1. on the side
   “the plow lay sidelong on the ground”
2. with the side toward someone or something- Nathaniel Hawthorne
   “seated sidelong to the window”
3. to, toward or at one side
   “darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face”

Synonyms for sidelong

• askance
• askant
• asquint
• squint
• squint-eyed
• squinty
• indirect
• lateral
• side
• inclined
• sideways
• obliquely