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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

Williams has been starring in sitcoms since he was a child, when he played the young Chris Rock in Everybody Hates Chris, and his obvious ease in front of the camera makes him the right guy to offer little sidelong glances to the viewers at home.

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Millions of dads probably got the same lines, giving them no more than a sidelong glance before dinner.

As I field final exam questions, a few of the browner students cast sidelong glances.

She accentuated its effect by the masculine fashion of her clothes and the way she swept back her hair sidelong from her forehead.

Augustine looked at the Duchesse de Carigliano, and indicated the Colonel by a sidelong glance.

Vyrtl, with a concentration of will, prevented his eyes from peeping sidelong at Wilkins' expression.

He moved downwards in a sidelong way, some hundred feet down, and a good deal to the left.

"I don't think so," she said, with a sidelong lifting of the heavy lashes; and I caught the color of her eyes for a second.

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On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to sidelong, such as: ambiguous, ancillary, circuitous, implied, incidental, and oblique.

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

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