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sidelong
[sahyd-lawng, -long] 
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askance
[uh-skans]
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | sideways |
| Synonyms: | askew, disapprovingly, disdainfully, dubiously, obliquely, sidelong, sideways, skeptically, suspiciously |
| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sideways |
| Synonyms: | crabwise, edgeways, flanking, oblique, side, side-by-side, sidelong, sideward, sidewise, skirting |
| Antonyms: | centered, central |
| Main Entry: | oblique |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indirect, evasive |
| Synonyms: | backhanded, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, devious, implied, obliquitous, obscure, roundabout, sidelong, vague |
| Notes: | oblique means slanting or inclined in direction or course or position - or misleading; opaque means not transmitting or reflecting light - or not clearly understood or expressed |
| Antonyms: | direct, forthright, straightforward |
| Main Entry: | side |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | minor; flanking |
| Synonyms: | ancillary, incidental, indirect, lateral, lesser, marginal, not the main, oblique, off-center, postern, roundabout, secondary, sidelong, sideward, sideways, sidewise, skirting, subordinate, subsidiary, superficial |
| Antonyms: | important, major, serious |
| Main Entry: | sideways |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to the edge, exteriority |
| Synonyms: | alongside, aside, aslant, aslope, athwart, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, indirectly, laterally, obliquely, side by side, sidelong, sidewards, slanting, slantingly, slantwise, sloping, to the side |
| Main Entry: | obliquely |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | cornerways |
| Synonyms: | cater-corner, catty-corner, cornerwise, diagonally, kitty-corner, sidelong |
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| Main Entry: | lateral |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
lateral, Hesperian, bilateral, collateral, contralateral, dextral, eastern, flanked, flanking, ipsilateral, levantine, many-sided, multilateral, occidental, occiduous, orient, oriental, parallel, parietal, ponent, quadrilateral, right-handed, sideling, sidelong, skirting, synallagmatic, trilateral, western
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