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View definitions for sidelong

sidelong

adjective as in lateral

adjective as in oblique

adverb as in askance

adverb as in obliquely

adverb as in sideways/sideway/sidewise

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Example Sentences

“I’m turning on you,” Smith replies with a sidelong glance.

Gracus glanced sidelong at this enormous gnat that continued to buzz in his ear.

Against the committee-room grandstanding of popular memory, the series thus fashions the entire Eisenhower era from the raw materials of the closet, from subtext, secrets, sidelong glances and confidential tones.

It can arise in the classroom or workplace, and take the form of a subtle snub, a direct insult or sidelong glance.

In each of those performances, she conveyed tenderness, compassion and quiet determination in the face of indignity with little more than a tearful gaze or a knowing sidelong glance.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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