sideways Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of movement) at an angle
    crabwise.
  2. adverb with one side forward or to the front
    sidewise; sideway.
    • turned sideways to show the profile
    • crabs seeming to walk sidewise
  3. adverb from the side; obliquely
    sideway; sidewise.
    • a picture lit sideways
    • scenes viewed sidewise
  4. adverb toward one side
    sidewise; sideway.
    • the car slipped sideways into the ditch
    • leaning sideways
    • a figure moving sidewise in the shadows
  5. adverb to, toward or at one side
    obliquely; sidelong.
    • darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face

WordNet

Side"ways` adverb
Definitions
  1. Toward the side; sidewise.
    A second refraction made sideways. Sir I. Newton.
    His beard, a good palm's length, at least, . . . Shot sideways, like a swallow's wings. Longfellow.

Webster 1913