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sidelong
adjective as in indirect
Strongest matches
Strong match
Weak matches
adjective as in lateral
adjective as in oblique
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in side
adverb as in askance
Strongest matches
adverb as in obliquely
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak match
adverb as in sideways/sideway/sidewise
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.
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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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