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sidelong

[sahyd-lawng, -long] / ˈsaɪdˌlɔŋ, -ˌlɒŋ /


ADJECTIVE
lateral
Synonyms
Antonyms




ADVERB
obliquely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
aslant cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered kitty-corner kitty-cornered
WEAK


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There are light topical references — a sidelong joke about the names billionaires give their children, for example — but the show happily lives in its world of day-to-day annoyances and victories.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2025

On the screen was a boy, 11, in blue ear warmers and a jacket, being interviewed by one of the station’s reporters and giving a sidelong look and a sly half-grin.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 7, 2022

And Andrea Riseborough is terrific expressing considerable disdain with just a sidelong glance.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2021

It shapes every gesture, sidelong glance and oblique comment, turning an outwardly routine business trip into a mystery unlocked only through Keys.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2021

On the float they shared, the two crews passed each other silently, with eyes averted, only taking the occasional sidelong glance, like dogs circling before a fight.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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