adjective
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
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Examples
- her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen
- sidelong glances
adjective
situated at or extending to the side
Synonyms
Examples
- the lateral branches of a tree
- shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson
adjective
inclining or directed to one side
Examples
- moved downward in a sidelong way" - Bram Stoker
adverb
on the side
Examples
- the plow lay sidelong on the ground
adverb
with the side toward someone or something
Examples
- seated sidelong to the window"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
adverb
to, toward or at one side
Synonyms
Examples
- darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face