Sideways Meaning
/ˈsaɪdweɪz/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounplural of sideway
adjMoving or directed toward one side.
Sentence Examples
Jill looked at John sideways.
As the road was wet, the car must have slipped sideways.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The crab moved ____ across the sand to keep its body parallel to the shore.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The car skidded ____ on the icy road, but the driver managed to regain control before hitting anything.
Word Origin & History
From side + -ways.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache."
— 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
"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."
— 2011, D. P. Lyle, chapter 78, in Hot Lights, Cold Steel, →ISBN, page 340:
"It feels like the probability of something going sideways here is higher."
— 2023 May 20, Tabby Kinder, George Hammond, quoting Ivan Matkovic, “So long, San Francisco”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
"And he was just taking byways and sideways, travelling in the peripheries of civilization, yeah?"
— 2002, Joseph Brodsky, Cynthia L. Haven, Joseph Brodsky: Conversations, page 169:
"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."
— 2006, David Haskell, Roundabout the USA, page 103:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The crab moved ____ across the sand to keep its body parallel to the shore.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The car skidded ____ on the icy road, but the driver managed to regain control before hitting anything.