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Meaning of sidelong

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sidelong

adjective

Definitions

  1. Directed to the side; sideways.

    Example: He cast me a sidelong glance.

  2. Slanting or sloping; oblique.

  3. Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.

    Example: She made some sidelong remarks about his manhood.

  4. Along the side of something.

adverb

Definitions

  1. Towards the side; sideways.

  2. Obliquely

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sidelong

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