sideways

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdweɪz/

Etymology: From side + -ways.

Moving or directed toward one side.
“Giving Mary a sideways glance, he said,[…].”
“He gave the ball a sideways kick.”
Positioned sideways (with a side to the front).
“There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.”
Neither moving upward nor moving downward.
“Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what we're truly capable of.”
In conflict (with); not compatible (with).
“He was constantly getting sideways with his boss till he got fired.”

Etymology: From side + -ways.

With a side to the front.
“He builds houses sideways, with the front door on the side.”
Towards one side.
“A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.”
“He looked sideways at the new arrival, wondering who she was.”
Askance; sidelong.
Neither upward nor downward.
“The economy has been moving sideways for several months now.”
Not as planned; towards a worse outcome.
“We realized the project could go sideways very quickly if we didn't get the sales and marketing people on our side.”
“As we walked deeper into the darkness, we both knew this could go sideways in a heartbeat. We were sitting ducks. Birds on a wire. Canaries in a coalmine.”

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

plural of sideway
“And he was just taking byways and sideways, travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?”
“In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.”