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Quick definitions from WordNet (sidelong)
▸ adjective: inclining or directed to one side ("Moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker")
▸ adjective: situated at or extending to the side ("Shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson")
▸ adjective: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy ("Sidelong glances")
▸ adverb: to, toward or at one side ("Darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face")
▸ adverb: with the side toward someone or something ("Seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne")
▸ adverb: on the side ("The plow lay sidelong on the ground")
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▸ adjective: inclining or directed to one side ("Moved downward in a sidelong way - Bram Stoker")
▸ adjective: situated at or extending to the side ("Shot out sidelong boughs- Tennyson")
▸ adjective: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy ("Sidelong glances")
▸ adverb: to, toward or at one side ("Darting eyes looking sidelong out of a wizened face")
▸ adverb: with the side toward someone or something ("Seated sidelong to the window- Nathaniel Hawthorne")
▸ adverb: on the side ("The plow lay sidelong on the ground")
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